The four canonical strategies of deception provide a rigorous and mathematically supportable theoretical basis for the analysis of a wide range of problems involving deceptions and other forms of manipulating information in survival contests. These strategies, rooted in Shannon's information theory and game theory, have been shown to provide a robust model for dealing with problems spanning biological, social,  computing and other systems.

Hypergames are meta-games which permit modelling of deception and misperception. This area of research has been largely dormant since the 1980s. Current research involves exploration of the utility of hypergames in modelling social systems, biological systems and the evolutionary implications of hypergames.

Large social systems such often exhibit unusually complex behaviours. Historical models for the latter include Lanchester's exchange rate equations, or the application of Metcalfe's Law to the modelling of networked systems.

Further basic research is needed to fully quantify the properties of such systems.

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Legacy Infowar Teaching Materials (2000-2006)

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An Quantitative Introductory Course in Information Warfare

[Honours Advanced Module CSE 468 Information Conflict Semester 1 2006]