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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…