<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boyan Mednikarov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kalin Kalinov</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">An Alternative of the System Approach to Functional Aspects Analysis of the Maritime Crisis Management System</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">and threats; system approach to security systems’ functional aspects analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maritime Crisis Management System analysis and design; Maritime Security Negative Factors evolution; maritime security challenges</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">risks</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">102-122</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">When answering the question “What kind of Maritime Crisis Manage­ment System (MCMS) do we need?” a useful tool is provided by the system ap­proach. The traditional system approach, presented by the sequence “system goal (goals) definition – goal supporting strategy development – system technology and structure elaboration,” is not applicable to the process of MCMS analysis due to many reasons. The paper proposes an alternative method to study the MCMS func­tional aspects. The proposed approach describes the functioning of MCMS on the background of the Maritime Security Negative Factors (MSNF) evolution. The MSNF evolution is represented as a life cycle that follows the sequence: “emer­gence of maritime security challenges – evolution to risks – formation of threats.” The MCMS functioning is described by “Observation – Orientation – Decision – Action” (OODA) loops performed by the system in reaction to the negative factors and their evolution.
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