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The study of terrorist networks as well as the study of how to impede their successful functioning has been the topic of considerable attention since the odious event of the 2001 World Trade Center disaster. While serious students of terrorism were indeed engaged in the subject prior to this time, a far more general concern has arisen subsequently. Nonetheless, much of the subject remains shrouded in obscurity, not the least because of difficulties with language and the representation or translation of names, and the inherent complexity and ambiguity of the subject matter.
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Fellman, P.V., Clemens, J.P., Wright, R., Post, J.V., Dadmun, M. (2012). Disrupting Terrorist Networks — A Dynamic Fitness Landscape Approach. In: Minai, A.A., Braha, D., Bar-Yam, Y. (eds) Unifying Themes in Complex Systems VII. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18003-3_9
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