Applications of Information Systems to Homeland Security and Defense
Hussein A. Abbass and Daryl Essam
With the increase in the complexity of terrorism's networks and activities, the advances in chemical and biological warfare, and the increased sophistication of organized criminal activities, it is becoming apparent that dealing with this complexity is not possible with traditional problem solving approaches. The area of complex information systems provides a new perspective to the problem which emphasizes the importance of bottom-up approaches to model the interaction between the components of a system to tackle these problems. This book presents a repertoire for the possible application of complex information systems to security and defense applications.
Most papers on the application of complex systems to security and defense are scattered around in different journals and conference proceedings. As such, journal and conference publications tend to focus on a very special and narrow topic. It is therefore vital to have a book which summarizes the state-of-art in this highly evolving area.
This special volume will consist of open-solicited and invited papers written by leading researchers in the field. All papers will go through a peer review process by at least two recognized reviewers and one of the editors. Our goal is to provide a book that covers the foundation as well as the practical side of the topic.
Complex Information Systems for Security and Defence using:
| Artificial life models | Cognitive models | Complex Systems | Connectionist models | Data mining and data farming | Evolutionary computations | Multi agent systems | Network models | Neural network | Simulation | Social models | Virtual environments | Visualization |
| Expression of Interest and Abstracts: | 29-February 2004 |
| Acceptance of abstract: | 14-March 2004 |
| Full chapter due: | 27-June 2004 |
| Notification of full-chapter acceptance: | 29-August 2004 |
| Final Version Due: | 17-October 2004 |
| Estimated publication date: | December 2004 |
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