Reasons for Secrecy and Deception in Homeland Security…国土安全中保密和欺骗的原因.pdfVIP

CREATE R esearch Archive Published Articles P pers 1-1-2010 Reasons for Secrecy and Deception in Homeland- Security Resource Allocation J un Zhuang University of B uffalo, Th e State University of N ew York, jzhu ng@ Vicki M. Bier University of W isconsin–Madison, bier@ Follow this nd dditional works t : http://rese rch.cre /published_p pers Recommended Cit tion Zhu ng, Jun nd Bier, Vicki M., Reasons for Secrecy nd Deception in Homel nd-Security Resource Alloc tion (2010). Published Ar ticles Pap ers. P per 110. http://rese rch.cre /published_p pers/110 This Article is brought to you for free nd open ccess by CREATE R ese rch Archive. It has been ccepted for inclusion in Published Articles P pers by n uthorized dministr tor of CREATE R ese rch Archive. For more inform tion, please cont ct gribben@. Risk Analysis, Vol. 30, No. 12, 2010 DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01455.x Perspective Reasons for Secrecy and Deception in Homeland-Security Resource Allocation Jun Zhuang1,∗ and Vicki M. Bier2 In this article, we explore reasons that a defender might prefer secrecy or deception about her defensive resource allocations, rather than disclosure, in a homeland-security context. Our observations not only summarize and synthesize the results of existing game-theoretic work, but also provide intuitions about promising future research directions. KEY WORDS: Deception; game theory; private information; secrecy; truthful disclosure 1. INTRODUCTION strategies, these might not always be viewed as vi-