Rare events
Contributors: United States. Department of Defense
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Subjects: Terrorism; Risk assessment; Weapons of mass destruction; National security
Description: "JASON was asked by the Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct an evaluation of the nation's ability to anticipate and assess the risk of rare events. 'Rare events' specifically refers to catastrophic terrorist events, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction or other high-profile attacks, where there is sparse (or no) historical record from which to develop predictive models based on past statistics."
Notes: Viewed on Nov. 19, 2009.