Predicting Hotspots: Using Machine Learning to Understand Civil Conflict

by James T Bang, Atin Basuchoudhary, Tinni Sen, et al.

This book should be useful to anyone interested in identifying the causes of civil conflict and doing something to end it. It even suggests a pathway for the lay reader. Civil conflict is a persistent source of misery to humankind. Its study, however, lacks a comprehensive theory of its causes. Nevertheless, the question of cooperation or conflict is at the heart of political economy. This book introduces Machine Learning to explore whether there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498520677
• ISBN13: 9781498520676
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"