Research Article
Extracting Skeleton of the Global Terrorism Network Based on m-Modified Topology Potential
Table 1
Top 20 terrorists of the skeleton network comparing with the original global terrorism network.
| | Original network | Skeleton network | | Rank | Terrorist nodes | TPKS | Rank | Terrorist nodes | TPKS |
| | 1 | Taliban | 152.78 | 1 | Taliban | 152.78 | | 2 | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) | 145.25 | 2 | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) | 145.25 | | 3 | Shining Path (SL) | 114.27 | 3 | Muslim Extremists | 69.18 | | 4 | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) | 85.76 | 4 | Al-Qaida in Iraq | 61.81 | | 5 | Muslim Extremists | 69.18 | 5 | Irish Republican Army (IRA) | 57.54 | | 6 | National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) | 62.48 | 6 | Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) | 55.92 | | 7 | Al-Qaida in Iraq | 61.81 | 7 | Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) | 43.31 | | 8 | Irish Republican Army (IRA) | 57.54 | 8 | Gunmen | 42.03 | | 9 | New People’s Army (NPA) | 56.03 | 9 | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) | 42.02 | | 10 | Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) | 55.92 | 10 | Palestinians | 36.92 | | 11 | Boko Haram | 55.17 | 11 | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | 33.71 | | 12 | Al-Shabaab | 54.86 | 12 | Death Squad | 32.06 | | 13 | Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) | 54.78 | 13 | Tawhid and Jihad | 28.83 | | 14 | Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) | 52.41 | 14 | Protestant Extremists | 27.40 | | 15 | Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) | 51.63 | 15 | Popular Liberation Army (EPL) | 26.54 | | 16 | Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) | 51.35 | 16 | Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) | 25.67 | | 17 | Maoists | 46.46 | 17 | Separatists | 24.81 | | 18 | Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) | 43.31 | 18 | Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) | 24.53 | | 19 | M-19 (Movement of April 19) | 42.47 | 19 | Houthi Extremists (Ansar Allah) | 23.78 | | 20 | Gunmen | 42.03 | 20 | Dissident Republicans | 23.66 |
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