Intuitive visualization of the intelligence for the run-down of terrorist wire-pullers

TL;DR

This paper introduces a visualization method that helps investigators quickly analyze terrorist organizational data and identify key wire-pullers by transforming intelligence data into social network diagrams.

Contribution

It presents a computational approach to analyze terrorist data and visualize it as social networks to locate wire-pullers, enhancing decision-making under time constraints.

Findings

Effective visualization of terrorist networks aids quick identification of key figures.

The method predicts the hiding locations of wire-pullers.

Supports timely intervention in terrorist investigations.

Abstract

The investigation of the terrorist attack is a time-critical task. The investigators have a limited time window to diagnose the organizational background of the terrorists, to run down and arrest the wire-pullers, and to take an action to prevent or eradicate the terrorist attack. The intuitive interface to visualize the intelligence data set stimulates the investigators' experience and knowledge, and aids them in decision-making for an immediately effective action. This paper presents a computational method to analyze the intelligence data set on the collective actions of the perpetrators of the attack, and to visualize it into the form of a social network diagram which predicts the positions where the wire-pullers conceals themselves.