Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles: Practical Algorithms and Mathematical Models for Destabilizing Terrorist Networks

Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles

"Practical Algorithms and Mathematical Models for Destabilizing Terrorist Networks"
by Nasrullah Memon, David Hicks, Dil Muhammad Akbar Hussein, and Henrik Legind Larsen in the Proceedings of the 2007 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), October 2007

After careful and considered review of the content and authorship of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE's Publication Principles.

This paper has copied portions of text from the sources cited below. The lead author, Nasrullah Memon, was found to be solely responsible for the violation. The original text was copied without attribution (including appropriate references to the original author(s) and/or paper title) and without permission.

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We employ practical algorithms and mathematical models for destabilizing terrorist networks. We present two case studies and show how terrorist networks could be destabilized using investigative data mining.