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Protecting Soft Targets: a Game-Theoretic Framework for Multi-Target, Multi-Layer Defense Against Strategic Attackers

This project addresses the significant gap in how agencies and stakeholders allocate resources to defend against threats to soft targets, as current methods often rely on intuition and outdated practices rather than data-driven strategies. Current practices lead to inefficiencies in deploying countermeasures and increase the vulnerability of soft targets to strategic attacks. The primary objective is to develop game-theoretic models, which strategically predict how humans will act and make decisions based on several factors. These models aid organizations in optimizing the allocation of security resources against strategic attackers based on these predictive models, which incorporate stakeholder-informed parameters and data, offering a tool for better decision-making and resource distribution to defend soft targets.

Modeling and Behavior Analysis to Assess Public Space Safety and Protect Soft Targets Against Active Shooter Attacks

This project aims to expand upon the limited library of detection and response strategies available regarding active shooter attacks. The objective is to create an algorithm and user-configurable software application capable of extending insights gained from collected data to optimize crisis response strategies. Developing new strategies will help researchers effectively create training modules, evaluate buildings, and provide crisis response guidance to civilians and law enforcement.

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