Identifier

etd-04132009-134102

Degree

Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS)

Department

Computer Science

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

In this thesis, we study greedy algorithms for approximate sub-graph matching with attributed graphs. Such algorithms find one or multiple copies of a sub-graph pattern from a bigger data graph through approximate matching. One intended application of sub-graph matching method is in Social Network Analysis for detecting potential terrorist groups from known terrorist activity patterns. We propose a new method for approximate sub-graph matching which utilizes degree information to reduce the search space within the incremental greedy search framework. In addition, we have introduced the notion of a “seed” in incremental greedy method that aims to find a good initial partial match. Simulated data based on terrorist profiles database is used in our experiments that compare the computational efficiency and matching accuracy of various methods. The experiment results suggest that with increasing size of the data graph, the efficiency advantage of degree-based method becomes more significant, while degree-based method remains as accurate as incremental greedy. Using a “seed” significantly improves matching accuracy (at the cost of decreased efficiency) when the attribute values in the graphs are deceptively noisy. We have also investigated a method that allows to expand a matched sub-graph from the data graph to include those nodes strongly connected to the current match.

Date

2009

Document Availability at the Time of Submission

Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Committee Chair

Jianhua Chen

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_theses.3105

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