Considering weights in real social networks: A review

M Bellingeri, D Bevacqua, F Sartori, M Turchetto… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Network science offers powerful tools to model complex social systems. Most social network
science research focuses on topological networks by simply considering the binary state of …

Human and social capital strategies for Mafia network disruption

A Ficara, F Curreri, G Fiumara… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Social Network Analysis (SNA) is an interdisciplinary science that focuses on discovering
the patterns of individuals interactions. In particular, practitioners have used SNA to describe …

Techniques to Detect Crime Leaders within a Criminal Network: A Survey, Experimental, and Comparative Evaluations

K Taha, A Shoufan - arxiv preprint arxiv:2402.03355, 2024 - arxiv.org
This survey paper offers a thorough analysis of techniques and algorithms used in the
identification of crime leaders within criminal networks. For each technique, the paper …

A graph-based stratified sampling methodology for the analysis of (underground) forums

G Di Tizio, GA Siu, A Hutchings… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Researchers analyze underground forums to study abuse and cybercrime activities. Due to
the size of the forums and the domain expertise required to identify criminal discussions …

Examining competition among airline regarding route portfolios at domestic hubs under government regulation: The case of China's aviation market

Y Hu, L Dai, K Fuellhart, F Witlox - Journal of Air Transport Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have explored airline competition on routes, with a limited focus on
competition in route portfolios at hub airports. Route control regulations influence this …

Relatively important nodes mining algorithm based on community detection and biased random walk with restart

Q Liu, J Wang, Z Zhao, N Zhao - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2022 - Elsevier
As modern network communication technology rapidly develops in recent years, complex
networks have become a hot multidisciplinary research field. In this field, relatively important …

Examining the importance of existing relationships for co-offending: a temporal network analysis in Bogotá, Colombia (2005–2018)

A Nieto, T Davies, H Borrion - Applied Network Science, 2023 - Springer
This study aims to improve our understanding of criminal accomplice selection by studying
the evolution of co-offending networks—ie, networks that connect those who commit crimes …

Classical and Quantum Random Walks to Identify Leaders in Criminal Networks

A Ficara, G Fiumara, P De Meo, S Catanese - International Conference on …, 2022 - Springer
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Forensic Analysis of Observed Social Networks

D Bellutta - 2024 - dbellutta.github.io
Analysts studying relationships between people often face the problem of observation error.
Collecting information to map out a social network can overlook certain connections …

Studying Accomplice Selection and Criminal Specialisation Through Networks

A Nieto Tibaquira - 2023 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Understanding cooperation between offenders is essential for understanding criminality. It
occurs across a broad range of criminal behaviours-it can be seen between a pair of …