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5 - Coping with Uncertainty in Adversarial Risk Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

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Vicki Bier  and
Tony Cox
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Ali E. Abbas ,
Milind Tambe  and
Detlof von Winterfeldt
Ali E. Abbas
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Milind Tambe
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Detlof von Winterfeldt
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
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Improving Homeland Security Decisions , pp. 85 - 110
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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