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Model Risks of Terrorist Attacks  Jack Riley, director of RAND's
Public Safety and Justice section, explained their new computer
models of possible terrorist attacks to a UCLA honors class
April 23.  By Leslie Evans  Can we predict how likely a
terrorist attack on New York's Grand Central Station might be --
compared to a possible attack on the Washington Monument? The
RAND Corporation, the venerable Santa Monica, California, think
tank, believes it can, with at least some assurance that this is
not a pure guess. Jack Riley, director of RAND's Public Safety
and Justice section, explained RAND's new mathematical computer
model of potential terrorist actions to the April 23 session of
Honors Collegium 155 in UCLA's Dodd Hall. This was the fourth
installment of an unusual 10-part seminar for undergraduates
which is also open to the general public. The class is sponsored
by the Ronald W. Burkle Cente