The HiTS/ISAC Social Network Analysis Tool

Author

Asadi, Hirad ; Mårtenson, Christian ; Svenson, Pontus ; Sköld, Magnus

Author_Institution

Swedish Defence Res. Agency, Stockholm, Sweden

fYear

2012

fDate

22-24 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

291

Lastpage

296

Abstract

We describe the Social Network Analysis Tool (SNATool)developed in the HiTS/ISAC (Highway to Security: Interoperability for Situation Awareness and Crisis Management) EU PASR (Preparatory Action for Security Research) project. The tool enables the construction of social networks from database sources using advanced filters on three different levels. The tool also allows visualization of the results for analysis purposes. The tool was demonstrated and evaluated in a scenario involving customs and police operators working to detect smuggling of dangerous substances and also for detecting and preventing a terrorist attack.

Keywords

data visualisation; information filtering; open systems; social networking (online); EU PASR project; HiTS/ISAC social network analysis tool; Highway-to-Security; Interoperability for Situation Awareness and Crisis Management; Preparatory Action for Security Research project; SNA-tool; customs operators; dangerous substance smuggling detection; data visualization; database sources; information filtering; police operators; terrorist attack detection; terrorist attack prevention; Data mining; Data visualization; Databases; Europe; Paints; Social network services; Terrorism; SNA; Social network analysis; information fusion; predicate filtering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC), 2012 European

Conference_Location

Odense

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2358-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EISIC.2012.37

Filename

6298851