CRIMEFIGHTER ASSISTANT - A Knowledge Management Tool for Terrorist Network Analysis

Uffe Kock Wiil, Jolanta Gniadek, Nasrullah Memon

2010

Abstract

A terrorist network is a special kind of social network with emphasis on both secrecy and efficiency. Such networks (consisting of nodes and links) need to be analyzed and visualized in order to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding that enables network destabilization. Previous research on terrorist network analysis has to a large degree focused on analysis of nodes. This paper presents the CrimeFighter Assistant, a novel knowledge management tool for terrorist network analysis. CrimeFighter Assistant treats links as first class objects and provides a better balance between network, node, and link analysis.

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Kock Wiil U., Gniadek J. and Memon N. (2010). CRIMEFIGHTER ASSISTANT - A Knowledge Management Tool for Terrorist Network Analysis . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-30-0, pages 15-24. DOI: 10.5220/0003091500150024


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@conference{kmis10,
author={Uffe Kock Wiil and Jolanta Gniadek and Nasrullah Memon},
title={CRIMEFIGHTER ASSISTANT - A Knowledge Management Tool for Terrorist Network Analysis},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={15-24},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003091500150024},
isbn={978-989-8425-30-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2010)
TI - CRIMEFIGHTER ASSISTANT - A Knowledge Management Tool for Terrorist Network Analysis
SN - 978-989-8425-30-0
AU - Kock Wiil U.
AU - Gniadek J.
AU - Memon N.
PY - 2010
SP - 15
EP - 24
DO - 10.5220/0003091500150024