Software to Randomize Police Operations at LAX

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 16, 2008 @04:36PM from the random-protection dept.

owlgorithm writes "A USC research group has created software, named ARMOR (Assistant for Randomized Monitoring over Routes), that will be used at LAX Airport to make security and police operations there truly unpredictable. The software records the locations of routine, random vehicle checkpoints and canine searches at the airport, and police provide data on possible terrorist targets, based in part on recent security breaches or suspicious activity. The software then makes random decisions (which are thankfully based on calculated probabilities of terrorist attacks) and tells the police where to dispatch and when. The most notable detail is that terrorists who had access to ARMOR still wouldn't be able to predict the searches."

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Re:Randomness eh? Well then... by BadAnalogyGuy · 2008-04-16 16:44 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It's just a goddamned piece of paper!
Re:Randomness eh? Well then... by Heembo · 2008-04-16 17:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I have scissors to snip up your paper!

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to keep terrorists way... by Ralph+Spoilsport · 2008-04-17 00:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...don't go stationing thousands of troops in hundreds of bases strung around the world.
...invading foreign lands for their resources.
...toppling democratically elected governments because you disagree with their leaders.
...stop being such jerks.
2 the ranting gryphon sums it up pretty well.
RS

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