Disintegration analysis of terrorist organizations based on social networks

In order to seek the best strategy to disintegrate terrorist organizations, this article uses the social network analysis to construct the general network structure model of terrorist organization according to Al Qaeda and the Irish Republican Army. Analyze the costs required to hit high-level of decision-making, middle-level of commanding and bottom-level of operating to find the best strike strategy in the principle of the lowest cost.

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