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most citedDisrupting Resilient Criminal Networks through Data Analysis: The case of Sicilian Mafia

92 citations · 194 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cs.SI2022★ 1 cited

Classical and Quantum Random Walks to Identify Leaders in Criminal Networks

Annamaria Ficara, Giacomo Fiumara, Pasquale De Meo +1

Random walks simulate the randomness of objects, and are key instruments in various fields such as computer science, biology and physics. The counter part of classical random walks…

cs.SI2022★ 31 cited

Human and social capital strategies for Mafia network disruption

Annamaria Ficara, Francesco Curreri, Giacomo Fiumara +1

Social Network Analysis (SNA) is an interdisciplinary science that focuses on discovering the patterns of individuals interactions. In particular, practitioners have used SNA to de…

cs.SI2021★ 15 cited

Multilayer Network Analysis: The Identification of Key Actors in a Sicilian Mafia Operation

Annamaria Ficara, Giacomo Fiumara, Pasquale De Meo +1

Recently, Social Network Analysis studies have led to an improvement and to a generalization of existing tools to networks with multiple subsystems and layers of connectivity. Thes…

cs.SI2021★ 10 cited

Correlation analysis of node and edge centrality measures in artificial complex networks

Annamaria Ficara, Giacomo Fiumara, Pasquale De Meo +1

The importance of a node in a social network is identified through a set of measures called centrality. Degree centrality, closeness centrality, betweenness centrality and clusteri…

cs.SI2021★ 34 cited

Criminal Networks Analysis in Missing Data scenarios through Graph Distances

Annamaria Ficara, Lucia Cavallaro, Francesco Curreri +5

Data collected in criminal investigations may suffer from: (i) incompleteness, due to the covert nature of criminal organisations; (ii) incorrectness, caused by either unintentiona…

cs.SI2020★ 11 cited

Correlations among Game of Thieves and other centrality measures in complex networks

Annamaria Ficara, Giacomo Fiumara, Pasquale De Meo +1

Social Network Analysis (SNA) is used to study the exchange of resources among individuals, groups, or organizations. The role of individuals or connections in a network is describ…

cs.SI2020★ 92 cited

Disrupting Resilient Criminal Networks through Data Analysis: The case of Sicilian Mafia

Lucia Cavallaro, Annamaria Ficara, Pasquale De Meo +4

Compared to other types of social networks, criminal networks present hard challenges, due to their strong resilience to disruption, which poses severe hurdles to law-enforcement a…