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i2 Analyst’s Notebook
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Posted by Gorski
Oct 24, 2007 at 03:04 AM
There’s an extended look at it in the book, Investigative Data Mining for Security and Criminal Detection, by Jesús Mena, with screen shots.
Quoting the book:
“The Analyst’s Notebook includes two main software products for different types of criminal investigative analysis—the Link Notebook and the Case Notebook. This is one of the most popular link analysis tool on the market and is used by securities, investigative, intelligence, and law enforcement analysts. “
“The Link Notebook tool supports various methods of organizing and viewing entity relationships, including the following components:
Link analysis charts, also called association charts
Network or high-volume link charts
Commodity flow charts
Activity charts”
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“The Case Notebook is specifically designed to enable an investigator or analyst to organize and view the progressive state of an ongoing case. The Case Notebook can set events in a timeline, thereby enabling an investigator to quickly locate significant times and dates, such as special meeting or trips by suspects. Timeline charts can be used to show the significant events where information is inconsistent or where accounts diverge. The Case Notebook charts can be used in drug, terrorist, fraud and other criminal investigations where events with associated dates and times are significant ... “