This book surveys current research at the intersection of national security and statistical sciences, offering general reviews of quantitative approaches to counterterrorism, for policy makers, as well as technical treatments of statistical issues that will appeal to quantitative researchers.

"The data was out there to warn us of this impending attack why didn't we see it?" This question was heard again and again after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Since then, statisticians have become an important part of the global war on terror. This book surveys emerging research at the intersection of national security and statistical sciences. In it, a diverse group of talented researchers address such topics as Syndromic Surveillance; Modeling and Simulation; Biometric Authentication; and Game Theory. The book includes general reviews of quantitative approaches to counterterrorism, for decision makers with policy backgrounds, as well as technical treatments of statistical issues that will appeal to quantitative researchers.

The very first book to address statistical methods as they apply to counterterrorism efforts Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Game Theory.- Game Theory in an Age of Terrorism: How Can Statisticians Contribute?.- Combining Game Theory and Risk Analysis in Counterterrorism: A Smallpox Example.- Game-Theoretic and Reliability Methods in Counterterrorism and Security.- Biometric Authentication.- Biometric Authentication.- Towards Statistically Rigorous Biometric Authentication Using Facial Images.- Recognition Problem of Biometrics: Nonparametric Dependence Measures and Aggregated Algorithms.- Syndromic Surveillance.- Data Analysis Research Issues and Emerging Public Health Biosurveillance Directions.- Current and Potential Statistical Methods for Monitoring Multiple Data Streams for Biosurveillance.- Evaluating Statistical Methods for Syndromic Surveillance.- A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Syndromic Data for Biosurveillance.- Modeling.- Modeling and Simulation for Defense and National Security.- Modeling and Parameterization for a Smallpox Simulation Study.- Approaches to Modeling the Concentration Field for Adaptive Sampling of Contaminants during Site Decontamination.- Secure Statistical Analysis of Distributed Databases.- Statistical Evaluation of the Impact of Background Suppression on the Sensitivity of Passive Radiation Detectors.