Introduction to the special issue on: Understanding, quantifying and modelling the terrorist threat

摘要

This special issue of the Journal of Policy Modelling presents a selection of the best papers presented at the conference on "Policy Implications of Terrorism", held in Lisbon on 16 June 2008, at the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, Technical University of Lisbon. The conference was organized by LJECE-Research Unit on Complexity and Economy and was supported by the Portuguese Fundacao para Ciencia and Tecnologia (Portuguese Public Foundation for Science) and by the FLAD-Fundacao Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento.