A Forensic Investigation of Terrorism in Nigeria: An Apriori Algorithm Approach  

作　　者：Aamo Iorliam Raymond U. Dugeri Beatrice O. Akumba Samera Otor Aamo Iorliam;Raymond U. Dugeri;Beatrice O. Akumba;Samera Otor(Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, BSU, Makurdi, Nigeria)

机构地区：[1]Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, BSU, Makurdi, Nigeria

出　　处：《Journal of Information Security》2021年第4期270-280,共11页信息安全（英文）

摘　　要：Investigations towards studying terrorist activities have recently attracted a great amount of research interest. In this paper, we investigate the use of the Apriori algorithm on the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) for forensic investigation purposes. Recently, the Apriori algorithm, which could be considered a forensic tool</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> has been used to study terrorist activities and patterns across the world. As such, our motivation is to utilise the Apriori algorithm approach on the GTD to study terrorist activities and the areas/states in Nigeria with high frequencies of terrorist activities. We observe that the most preferred method of terrorist attacks in Nigeria is through armed assault. Again, our experiment shows that attacks in Nigeria are mostly successful. Also, we observe from our investigations that most terrorists in Nigeria are not suicidal. The main application of this work can be used by forensic experts to assist law enforcement agencies in decision making when handling terrorist attacks in Nigeria</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </p>Investigations towards studying terrorist activities have recently attracted a great amount of research interest. In this paper, we investigate the use of the Apriori algorithm on the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) for forensic investigation purposes. Recently, the Apriori algorithm, which could be considered a forensic tool</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> has been used to study terrorist activities and patterns across the world. As such, our motivation is to utilise the Apriori algorithm approach on the GTD to study terrorist activities and the areas/states in Nigeria with high frequencies of terrorist activities. We observe that the most preferred method of terrorist attacks in Nigeria is through armed assault. Again, our experiment shows that attacks in Nigeria are mostly successful. Also, we observe from our investigations that most terrorists in Nigeria are not suicidal. The main application of this work can be used by forensic experts to assist law enforcement agencies in decision making when handling terrorist attacks in Nigeria</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </p>

关 键 词：FORENSICS TERRORISM NIGERIA Apriori Algorithm 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]