Name: The mathematics of war
Uploaded: 2009-05-04T01:00:00Z
Duration: 7 min 5 s
Description: By analyzing raw data on violent incidents in the Iraq war and others, Sean Gourley and his team claim to have found a surprisingly strong mathematical relationship linking the fatality and frequency of attacks.

By analyzing raw data on violent incidents in the Iraq war and others, Sean Gourley and his team claim to have found a surprisingly strong mathematical relationship linking the fatality and frequency of attacks.

Sean Gourley: The mathematics of war

The mathematics of war

Exploring conflicts globally reveals a surprising pattern: all share a mathematical relationship between attack frequency and fatalities.

War's chaos distilled into mathematical patterns: conflict scale and frequency predictably linked, revealing hidden structures.

Revealing war's blueprint through data: consistent patterns across global conflicts suggest universal strategies among insurgent groups.