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A terrorist network is a special kind of social network with emphasis on both secrecy and efficiency. Such networks (consisting of nodes and links) needs to be analyzed and visualized in order to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding that enable network destabilization. This paper presents two novel knowledge management tools for terrorist network analysis. CrimeFighter Investigator provides advanced support for human-centered, target-centric investigations aimed at constructing terrorist networks based on disparate pieces of terrorist information. CrimeFighter Assistant provides advanced support for network, node, and link analysis once a terrorist network has been constructed. The paper focuses primarily on the latter tool.
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Wiil, U.K., Gniadek, J., Memon, N., Petersen, R.R. (2013). Knowledge Management Tools for Terrorist Network Analysis. In: Fred, A., Dietz, J.L.G., Liu, K., Filipe, J. (eds) Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management. IC3K 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 272. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29764-9_22
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