Using organizational similarity to identify statistical interactions for improving situational awareness of CBRN activities

David Melamed; Eric Schoon; Ronald Breiger; Victor Asal; R. Karl Rethemeyer

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29047-3_8

Using organizational similarity to identify statistical interactions for improving situational awareness of CBRN activities

David Melamed, Eric Schoon, Ronald Breiger, Victor Asal, R. Karl Rethemeyer

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Abstract

Distinctive combinations of attributes and behaviors lead us to improve on existing representations of terrorist organizations within a space of group properties. We review and extend a four-step procedure that discovers (statistical) interaction effects among relevant variables based on clusters of organizations derived from group properties. Application of this procedure to 395 terrorist groups in the period 1998-2005 identifies distinctive patterns of unconventional weapons activity and improves prediction of the groups that use or pursue chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) weapons.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, 5th International Conference, SBP 2012, Proceedings
Pages	61-68
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29047-3_8
State	Published - 2012
Event	5th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2012 - College Park, MD, United States Duration: Apr 3 2012 → Apr 5 2012

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7227 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	5th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	College Park, MD
Period	4/3/12 → 4/5/12

Keywords

CBRN use or pursuit
profiling
regression modeling
terrorism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Melamed, D., Schoon, E., Breiger, R., Asal, V., & Rethemeyer, R. K. (2012). Using organizational similarity to identify statistical interactions for improving situational awareness of CBRN activities. In Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, 5th International Conference, SBP 2012, Proceedings (pp. 61-68). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7227 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29047-3_8

Using organizational similarity to identify statistical interactions for improving situational awareness of CBRN activities. / Melamed, David; Schoon, Eric; Breiger, Ronald et al.
Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, 5th International Conference, SBP 2012, Proceedings. 2012. p. 61-68 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7227 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Melamed, D, Schoon, E, Breiger, R, Asal, V & Rethemeyer, RK 2012, Using organizational similarity to identify statistical interactions for improving situational awareness of CBRN activities. in Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, 5th International Conference, SBP 2012, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 7227 LNCS, pp. 61-68, 5th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2012, College Park, MD, United States, 4/3/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29047-3_8

Melamed D, Schoon E, Breiger R, Asal V, Rethemeyer RK. Using organizational similarity to identify statistical interactions for improving situational awareness of CBRN activities. In Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, 5th International Conference, SBP 2012, Proceedings. 2012. p. 61-68. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-29047-3_8

Melamed, David ; Schoon, Eric ; Breiger, Ronald et al. / Using organizational similarity to identify statistical interactions for improving situational awareness of CBRN activities. Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, 5th International Conference, SBP 2012, Proceedings. 2012. pp. 61-68 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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