Terror and Counterterror Operations: Differential Game with Cyclical Nash Solution

The purpose of this paper is to study efficient measures to combat terror. To choose efficient actions against terror organizations, the response of terrorists has to be taken into consideration. Thus, an appropriate framework to study the intertemporal strategic interactions of Western governments...

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Published in:Journal of optimization theory and applications 2008-12, Vol.139 (3), p.541-556
Main Authors: Feichtinger, G., Novak, A. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applications of Mathematics
Applied sciences
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control
Optimization
Control theory
Counterterrorism
Crime prevention
Differential equations
Differential games
Dynamic tests
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Engineering
Exact sciences and technology
Firm modelling
Game theory
Governments
Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
Operations Research/Decision Theory
Optimization
Organizations
Oscillations
Security management
Studies
Suicide bombings
Terrorism
Theory of Computation
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to study efficient measures to combat terror. To choose efficient actions against terror organizations, the response of terrorists has to be taken into consideration. Thus, an appropriate framework to study the intertemporal strategic interactions of Western governments and terror organizations is dynamic game theory. Using the open-loop Nash solution concept, it turns out that the system may exhibit long-run persistent oscillations. However, transitory behavior is nonunique.
ISSN:0022-3239
1573-2878
DOI:10.1007/s10957-008-9400-8