Emergent Information Technologies and Enabling Policies for Counter-Terrorism

Semantic Web Technologies for Terrorist Network Analysis

Hidden Markov Models and Bayesian Networks for Counter-Terrorism

Introduction Information concerning the potential whereabouts and activities of terrorists can be extrapolated from the massive amount of intelligence reported daily to US intelligence agencies. The events encapsulated in these reports, and, in particular, the sequence of these events, can be used to probabilistically infer the activities of terrorists. In this chapter, we are particularly inte...

Improving National and Homeland Security Through Context Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Technologies

In the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy it has became clear that the lack of effective information exchange among government agencies hindered the capability of identifying potential threats and preventing terrorism actions. It has been noted by the National Research Council that “Although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counterterrorism...

Agent-Based Simulations for Disaster Rescue Using the DEFACTO Coordination System

When addressing terrorist threats we must give special attention to both prevention and disaster response. Enabling effective interactions between agent teams and humans for disaster response is a critical area of research, with encouraging progress in the past few years. However, previous work suffers from two key limitations: (i) limited human situational awareness, reducing human effectivene...

Designing Rehabilitation and Reintegration Programmes for Violent Extremist Offenders: A Realist Approach

In this Research Paper, ICCT – The Hague Research Fellow Tinka Veldhuis makes an argument for a Realist approach to rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for inmates with a terrorist or extremist background. Accordingly, within the Realist framework, it is stressed that the outcomes of rehabilitation programmes should be understood as a product of the policy mechanisms an...