Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment - A Call for Change

"Committee on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis; Board on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Research Council of the National Academies."

Summary

Reviews the methodology that led to the 2006 Department of Homeland Security report, Bioterrorism Risk Assessment (BTRA). This book identifies a number of fundamental concerns with the BTRA of 2006, ranging from mathematical and statistical mistakes that have corrupted results, to unnecessarily complicated probability models.

Product details

• Authors: Board On Life Sciences, Board On Mathematical Sciences And Their, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Committee on Methodological Improvements, Committee on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sci, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2009
• EAN: 9780309120289
• ISBN: 978-0-309-12028-9
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Amerika, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics / Current Events