Achievements

This research constructs mathematical and statistical models to evaluate counterterrorism measures. Detailed analysis has been completed thus far regarding the tactical prevention of suicide bombings in Israel, the difference between allocating resources to counter strategic threats (such as those posed by terrorists) versus natural threats governed by the laws of chance (such as those posed by earthquakes, floods, new infectious diseases, etc.), confronting entrenched insurgents, estimating the number of undetected terror plots in progress via the terror queue model, staffing models for covert counterterrorism agencies, the detection and emergency response to bioterror attacks involving smallpox or anthrax. and an overview of intelligence operations research with applications to counterterrorism.