Re: Email patterns can predict impending doom

[Michael Collins <mcollins () aleae com>]

The technique is generally grouped under Social Network Analysis, and  
there've been some interesting research efforts with it.  Kathleen  
Carley over at CASOS uses the techniques to identify key figures in  
criminal networks; I have a paper sitting around here somewhere that  
uses SNA metrics to predict the key figures in conspiracies, and it  
does a pretty good job of predicting conviction rates in that case.

On Jun 24, 2009, at 3:36 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:

> What Enron case can teach to us...
>
> "Email logs can provide advance warning of an organisation reaching  
> crisis point.
> That's the tantalising suggestion to emerge from the pattern of  
> messages exchanged by Enron employees.
>
> After US energy giant Enron collapsed in December 2001, federal  
> investigators obtained records of emails sent by around 150 senior  
> staff during the company's final 18 months.
> The logs, which record 517,000 emails sent to around 15,000 employees,
> provide a rare insight into how communication within an organisation  
> changes during stressful times."
> --clip--
>
> Link:
> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227135.900-email-patterns-can-predict-impending-doom.html
>
> Juha-Matti
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