00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.876621 CaOODSP 20240219183511 m o d f cr cn||||||||| 190718t20122012quca ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP eng eng fre D68-6/418-2012E-PDF Martineau, Étienne, 1976- author. Applicability of social network analyses in an intelligence context / Etienne Martineau, DRDC Valcartier. Quebec (Quebec) : Defence R&D Canada - Valcartier, 2012. ©2012 1 online resource (viii, 30 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : colour illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Technical memorandum ; DRDC Valcartier TM 2013-418 "December 2012." Includes bibliographical references (page 27). "This document presents a classification of theoretical social network analyses to determine if they are suitable for the military intelligence context. This work was done under the project 15do, "Social network analysis in a counter insurgency context", to orient the development of a proof of context prototype. Thirty-four (34) theoretical social network analyses were selected and classified based on the implementation risk they pose. The evaluation criteria used are computational complexity, topological and flow requirements and missing data robustness. The risk tolerance of the military intelligence process was also evaluated using the same criteria. Using both results, it was possible to identify 8 suitable algorithms, 11 unusable and 15 risky ones. These results suggest that classical social network analysis methods are not sufficient to answer the military requirements stated in this project. Alternative ways to extract information and perform network analysis should be investigated. In particular, there is a need for algorithms that are robust to missing data and can extract sub-networks of interest efficiently. The impact of missing data is still not well understood and should be the focus of further research as it is largely encountered in the context of covert networks"--Abstract, page i. Includes abstracts and summaries in English and French. Defence R&D Canada. Defence R&D Canada - Valcartier. Technical memorandum (Defence R&D Canada) DRDC Valcartier TM 2013-418. (CaOODSP)9.820564 PDF 17.93 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/rddc-drdc/D68-6-418-2012-eng.pdf