Nexus 7*
Abstract
*Previously funded in Production of Knowledge Bases to Bridge Cultural Divides in PE 0601101E, Project TRS-01 The Nexus 7 program is applying the forecasting, data extraction, and analysis methodologies developed in ICEWS to develop tools, techniques, and frameworks for the automated interpretation, quantitative analysis, and visualization of social networks. Social network theory has emerged in recent years as a promising approach for understanding groups of individuals connected through a variety of shared interests and collaborative activities. For the military, social networks provide a promising model for terrorist cells, insurgent groups, and other stateless actors whose connectedness is established not on the basis of shared geography but rather through the correlation of their participation in coordinated activities such as planning meetings, training/mission rehearsal sessions, sharing of materiel/funds transfers, etc. The Nexus 7 program will develop and apply emerging methods for edge finding and cluster analysis to detect, characterize, and predict the dynamics of social networks. The resulting capabilities have important application in tactical contexts to aid analysts and operators in connecting the dots amid complex, conflicting, and incomplete data sets. They also establish a foundation for cultural intelligence - understanding the stability, governance, and economic indicators of a region - and the capability to better focus stability, security, transition, and reconstruction operations on high-payoff initiatives.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 0d9373778c936e7b2d0f5aa02a5943ba
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