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Graph and Network Theory for the analysis of Criminal Networks
Lucia Cavallaro, Ovidiu Bagdasar, Pasquale De Meo +2
Social Network Analysis is the use of Network and Graph Theory to study social phenomena, which was found to be highly relevant in areas like Criminology. This chapter provides an…
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…