Want to 'fight' terrorists, before the real
thing?
by Williams, Robert H.
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* Smart Entities, a simulation system for counterterrorism
training, has been unveiled by Elbit Systems Ltd. of Haifa, Israel.
The training program with artificial intelligence is based on
decades of operational experience by Israel Defense Forces and research
that was conducted by Israel's Ministry of Defense on terrorist
conduct in low intensity conflict and homeland security scenarios.
A spokesman notes the program offers "independent
goal-directed operational missions, dynamic decision-making in reaction
to threats and environmental changes, real-time path and location
finding, cognitive capabilities, teamwork, and operationally researched
mass behavior and riot scenarios."
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