Actionable Cultural Understanding for Support to Tactical Operations (ACUSTO): Toward a New Methodological Template for Spatial Decision Support System
Abstract
This report approaches the development of actionable intelligence for counterinsurgency by drawing parallels with the study of criminal events such as homicides, vehicle thefts, and gang violence, and by exploiting the methodological approaches that emphasize spatially explicit information. This spatial analysis of crime builds on the well-established methods of spatial data analysis and spatial statistics, and applies these in the context of criminal events that happen at specific locations. The theoretical background for these methods is drawn from environmental criminology. Methods are categorized into three main groups: exploratory spatial data analysis, explanatory spatial modeling, and surveillance/forecasting techniques. The basic principles are outlined and examples provided that illustrate the application specific techniques in crime analysis. An initial methodological template is formulated that stresses the constraints imposed by the quality and quantity of spatially specific information available in a counterinsurgency context.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA522096
Entities
People
- Luc Anselin
- Lucy A. Whalley
- Martin J. Savoie
- William D. Meyer
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center