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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Systems Journal, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 675-687, December 2012
This paper describes our continuing effort to investigate the idea that decision makers can leverage four “canonical forces” to increase the amount of voluntary cooperation within what we call “government extended enterprises” (GEEs). It outlines key concepts, postulated relationships, and a game theoretic methodology (an n-player iterated stag hunt) actualized in an agent-based simulation.

Homeland Security Handbook: Strategic Guidance for a Coordinated Approach to Effective Security and Emergency Management edited by David Kamien, New York: McGraw-Hill, pp.861-876, 2012
A Systems Perspective on Homeland Security, a chapter in the second edition of the Homeland Security Handbook, points to the growing dynamic complexity of the homeland security domain and argues for the significance of adopting appropriate lenses and approaches to ensure due rigor in our assessment of related issues. The piece defines homeland security enterprise as a complex system; introduces fundamentals of a systems perspective; and uses mass transit security as a homeland security domain example of systems thinking.
IOS Press, November 2012
The Handbook for Pandemic and Mass-Casualty Planning and Response offers the disaster medicine professional community tools to mitigate mortality and morbidity in catastrophes. It includes sections on the Context of Catastrophic Health Planning, Principles of Response to Catastrophes with Mass Casualties, and Communication and Information Sharing.