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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2006
Thayne Richard Coffman, Austin, TX (US);
Braxton Eastham Thomason, Austin, TX (US);
Thayne Richard Coffman, Austin, TX (US);
Braxton Eastham Thomason, Austin, TX (US);
21st Century Technologies, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for enabling dynamic detection of anomalies occurring within an input graph representing a social network. More specifically, the invention provides an automated computer simulation technique that implements the combination of Social Network Analysis (SNA) and statistical pattern classification for detecting abnormal social patterns or events through the expanded use of SNA Metrics. The simulation technique further updates the result sets generated, based on observed occurrences, to dynamically determine what constitutes abnormal behavior, within the overall context of observed patterns of behavior.