Dynamic Models of a Counterterrorism Strategic Influence Campaign
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This paper contrasts the tradeoffs of modeling the same dynamic problem at a micro scale and at a macro scale of analysis: discrete system simulation (DS) versus continuous system simulation or system dynamics (SD). Both are employed to model the influence of entertainment education on terrorist system decay, with implications for field application. Each method emphasizes different scales of analysis, data elements, parameters, and underlying mathematics. Whether the research served by the computer model is applied or theoretical, DS tends to be useful for understand lowlevel individual unit influences on system change over time, whereas SD tends to shine when a wide-angle focus on aggregate sociological change is required.
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