Out of the Ordinary

Download or read book Out of the Ordinary written by John Hollywood and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a unique approach to selecting and assembling disparate pieces of information to produce a general understanding of a threat. The Atypical Signal Analysis and Processing schema identifies atypical behavior potentially related to terror activity; puts it into context; generates and tests hypotheses; and focuses analysts' attention on the most significant findings. A supporting conceptual architecture and specific techniques for identifying and analyzing out-of-the-ordinary information are also described.