Social Computing in Homeland Security: Disaster Promulgation and Response (Premier Reference Source)

Title......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Introduction......Page 22
From Threat Warning to Information Perception and\rPublic Response......Page 36
Attention Capture and\rEffective Warning......Page 38
Dynamics of Public Perception\rand Confidence......Page 49
Psychosocial Aspect\rand Social Dynamics:\rA Mathematical Modeling Approach......Page 67
Psychosocial Effects:\rA Silent Influence......Page 69
Individual Reactions and\rPsychological Impact......Page 82
Disaster Promulgation and\rCollective Behaviors......Page 89
Forming Situation\rAwareness for First Decisions\rand Lifesaving......Page 108
Situation Awareness through\rFeature Recognition......Page 111
Incident Commander: Toward Effective First Decisions......Page 139
Countering Chemical\rTerrorism:\rA Digitized Fire Chief Supporting System\rfor Rapid Onsite Responding to HazMat\rEmergencies......Page 151
A Hospital Emergency\rSupport System for Real Time\rSurveillance Modeling and\rEffective Response......Page 171
Quickly Channeling\rCrowd Population in\rEmergency:\rAn Emergency Evacuation\rCommand System......Page 193
Enhancing the Resilience\rof Critical Infrastructure:\rBorder Patrol, Cyber Security and\rFinancial Stability......Page 221
Security Inspection Model of\rCritical Infrastructure......Page 223
Weaponizing the Internet\rand the YouTube War......Page 244
Containing Financial\rContagion at the Source......Page 268
Compilation of References......Page 301
About the Author......Page 317
Index......Page 318