The US/Global Achilles heel : economic terrorism.

Conference · Thu Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 2005

OSTI ID:970187

Backus, George A

While loss of life is the operating concern of Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the security of the economy ultimately decides the success of the war on terrorism. This project focuses on mitigation, containment, response, and impact of terrorist events on the economy. Conventional economic methods are inadequate, but agent-based methods (Discrete Simulation) appears to uniquely capture the dynamics and emergent (human) behaviors.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 970187
• Report Number(s): SAND2005-2320C
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
CONTAINMENT
ECONOMICS
GLOBAL ASPECTS
MITIGATION
SECURITY
SIMULATION