Surveillance Technologies and Early Warning Systems: Data Mining Applications for Risk Detection (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781616928650)

The modern world is fraught with risk, from natural disasters and terrorist attacks, to financial crises and pandemics. Assessing and planning for these risks can be done with a conventional human-based approach but this often requires large amounts of time and resources. Surveillance Technologies and Early Warning Systems: Data Mining Applications for Risk Detection has never been more important, as the research this book presents an alternative to conventional surveillance and risk assessment. This book is a multidisciplinary excursion comprised of data mining, early warning systems, information technologies and risk management and explores the intersection of these components in problematic domains. It offers the ability to apply the most modern techniques to age old problems allowing for increased effectiveness in the response to future, eminent, and present risk.

Author: Ali Serhan Koyuncugil
ISBN-10: 1616928654
ISBN-13: 9781616928650
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2010
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.60w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 340