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ISI 2004: Intelligence and Security Informatics pp 125–145Cite as

Terrorism Knowledge Discovery Project: A Knowledge Discovery Approach to Addressing the Threats of Terrorism

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Ever since the 9–11 incident, the multidisciplinary field of terrorism has experienced tremendous growth. As the domain has benefited greatly from recent advances in information technologies, more complex and challenging new issues have emerged from numerous counter-terrorism-related research communities as well as governments of all levels. In this paper, we describe an advanced knowledge discovery approach to addressing terrorism threats. We experimented with our approach in a project called Terrorism Knowledge Discovery Project that consists of several custom-built knowledge portals. The main focus of this project is to provide advanced methodologies for analyzing terrorism research, terrorists, and the terrorized groups (victims). Once completed, the system can also become a major learning resource and tool that the general community can use to heighten their awareness and understanding of global terrorism phenomenon, to learn how best they can respond to terrorism and, eventually, to garner significant grass root support for the government’s efforts to keep America safe.

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  1. Department of Management Information Systems, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    Edna Reid, Jialun Qin, Wingyan Chung, Jennifer Xu, Yilu Zhou, Rob Schumaker & Hsinchun Chen

  2. The Solomon Asch Center For Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, St. Leonard’s Court, Suite 305, 3819-33 Chestmut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Marc Sageman

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    Hsinchun Chen

  2. San Diego Supercomputer Center, 9500 Gilman Drive, CA 92093-0505, La Jolla, USA

    Reagan Moore

  3. MIS Department, University of Arizona, AZ 85721, Tucson, USA

    Daniel D. Zeng

  4. Tucson Police Department, 270 S. Stone Avenue, AZ 85701, Tucson, USA

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Reid, E. et al. (2004). Terrorism Knowledge Discovery Project: A Knowledge Discovery Approach to Addressing the Threats of Terrorism. In: Chen, H., Moore, R., Zeng, D.D., Leavitt, J. (eds) Intelligence and Security Informatics. ISI 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3073. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25952-7_10

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