Data normalisation for investigative data mining

摘要

A method of identifying a network of actors within a data set, the method comprising: -importing data from one or more data sources; -normalising the data in one or more fields to create a consolidated data set; -identifying one or more networks based on identical or similar instances of one or more pieces of data in the consolidated data set; and -calculating a measure of influence of one or more of the actors in an identified network.