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The complexity of terrorist networks

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Complexity science affords a number of novel tools for examining terrorism, particularly network analysis and NK Boolean fitness landscapes. This paper explores various aspects of terrorist networks which can be illuminated through applications of nonlinear dynamical systems modelling to terrorist network structures. Of particular interest are some of the emergent properties of terrorist networks as typified by the 9/11 hijackers network, properties of centrality, hierarchy and distance, as well as ways in which attempts to disrupt the transmission of information through terrorist networks may be expected to produce greater or lesser levels of fitness in those organisations.

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  • Philip Vos Fellman, 2011. "The complexity of terrorist networks," International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(1/2), pages 4-14.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijnvor:v:8:y:2011:i:1/2:p:4-14
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