Title :
VIM: A Framework for Intelligence Analysis
Author :
Keahey, T. Alan ; Cox, Kenneth C.
Author_Institution :
Visintuit LLC
Abstract :
Intelligence analysts receive thousands of facts from a variety of sources. In addition to the bare details of the fact — a particular person, for example — each fact may have provenance, reliability, weight, and other attributes. Each fact may also be associated with other facts, e.g. that one person met another at a particular location. The analyst’s task is to examine a huge collection of such loosely-structured facts, and try to "connect the dots" to perceive the underlying and unknown causes — and their possible future courses. We have designed and implemented a Java platform called VIM to support intelligence analysts in their work.
Keywords :
XML; information visualization; intelligence analysis; knowledge representation; Collaboration; Data mining; Image analysis; Information analysis; Intelligent structures; Java; Knowledge representation; Performance analysis; Visualization; XML;
Conference_Titel :
Information Visualization, 2004. INFOVIS 2004. IEEE Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8779-3
DOI :
10.1109/INFVIS.2004.72