... How can today's science help to harness citizen power in response to crisis? This book is remarkable for addressing this very issue, and by exploiting modern science involving human cognition, decisonmaking, and behavior. ... The book laudably translates the challenges into what I think of as concrete
– engineering problems
... and attempts to teach such science-based principles and approaches to practical problem-solving. It is an unusual and welcome contribution.
– Dr. Paul Davis, RAND Corporation, USA
Ding develops mathematically based computer simulations and puts the resulting extrapolation-capable programs into the service of existing response mechanisms, like emergency evacuations and border patrols. An amazing specialist's resource.
– Library Journal (June 2009)