A Novel Explanation of the Power-Law Form of the Frequency of Severe Terrorist Events: Reply to Saperstein
A Novel Explanation of the Power-Law Form of the Frequency of Severe Terrorist Events: Reply to Saperstein
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10.2202/1554-8597.1213
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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通讯作者：
Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede
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作者：
Clauset, Aaron;Young, Maxwell;Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede
萨珀斯坦（Saperstein，2010）讨论了最近关于恐怖主义袭击的频率和严重程度遵循幂律关系的惊人经验观察的工作--这是理查森（Richardson，1948，1960）在50多年前指出的战争模式。我们很高兴萨珀斯坦对我们的工作感兴趣。然而，我们觉得有必要纠正他的评论中的一些小错误，并想借此机会对这一领域的研究提出几点更一般性的意见。
Saperstein (2010) discusses recent work on the striking empirical observation that the frequency and severity of terrorist attacks follows a power-law relationship - a pattern noted for wars by Richardson (1948, 1960) more than 50 years ago. We are pleased with Saperstein's interest in our work. We do, however, feel obliged to correct a few small mistakes in his commentary and would like to take this opportunity to make several more general remarks about research in this area.