Attention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional networks for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks

Abstract At present, terrorism has become an important factor affecting world peace and development. As the time series data of terrorist attacks usually show a high degree of spatial–temporal correlation, the spatial–temporal prediction of casualties in terrorist attacks is still a significant chal...

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Main Authors: Zhiwen Hou, Yuchen Zhou, Xiaowei Wu, Fanliang Bu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2023-05-01
Series:Complex & Intelligent Systems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-023-01037-z
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author Zhiwen Hou
Yuchen Zhou
Xiaowei Wu
Fanliang Bu
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Fanliang Bu
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description Abstract At present, terrorism has become an important factor affecting world peace and development. As the time series data of terrorist attacks usually show a high degree of spatial–temporal correlation, the spatial–temporal prediction of casualties in terrorist attacks is still a significant challenge in the field of counter-terrorism. Most of the existing terrorist attack prediction methods lack the ability to model the spatial–temporal dynamic correlation of the time series data of terrorist attacks, so they cannot yield satisfactory prediction results. In this paper, we propose a novel Attention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional network (AST-MGCN) for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks. Specifically, we construct the spatial adjacency graph and spatial diffusion graph based on the different social-spatial dynamic relationships of terrorist attacks and determine the multi-scale period of time series data of terrorist attacks by using wavelet transform to model the temporal trend, period and closeness properties of terrorist attacks. The AST-MGCN mainly consists of spatial multi-graph convolution for extracting social-spatial features in multi-views and temporal convolution for capturing the transition rules. In addition, we also use the spatial–temporal attention mechanism to effectively capture the most relevant spatial–temporal dynamic information. Experiments on public datasets demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-art baselines.
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spelling doaj.art-a1d3fbae424a421292c163d8a454f8e72023-10-29T12:41:16ZengSpringerComplex & Intelligent Systems2199-45362198-60532023-05-01966307632810.1007/s40747-023-01037-zAttention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional networks for casualty prediction of terrorist attacksZhiwen Hou0Yuchen Zhou1Xiaowei Wu2Fanliang Bu3School of Information Network Security, People’s Public Security University of ChinaSchool of Information Network Security, People’s Public Security University of ChinaSchool of Information Network Security, People’s Public Security University of ChinaSchool of Information Network Security, People’s Public Security University of ChinaAbstract At present, terrorism has become an important factor affecting world peace and development. As the time series data of terrorist attacks usually show a high degree of spatial–temporal correlation, the spatial–temporal prediction of casualties in terrorist attacks is still a significant challenge in the field of counter-terrorism. Most of the existing terrorist attack prediction methods lack the ability to model the spatial–temporal dynamic correlation of the time series data of terrorist attacks, so they cannot yield satisfactory prediction results. In this paper, we propose a novel Attention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional network (AST-MGCN) for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks. Specifically, we construct the spatial adjacency graph and spatial diffusion graph based on the different social-spatial dynamic relationships of terrorist attacks and determine the multi-scale period of time series data of terrorist attacks by using wavelet transform to model the temporal trend, period and closeness properties of terrorist attacks. The AST-MGCN mainly consists of spatial multi-graph convolution for extracting social-spatial features in multi-views and temporal convolution for capturing the transition rules. In addition, we also use the spatial–temporal attention mechanism to effectively capture the most relevant spatial–temporal dynamic information. Experiments on public datasets demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-art baselines.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-023-01037-zTerrorist attackPredictionSpatial–temporal convolution networkAttention mechanismWavelet transform
spellingShingle Zhiwen Hou
Yuchen Zhou
Xiaowei Wu
Fanliang Bu
Attention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional networks for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks
Complex & Intelligent Systems
Terrorist attack
Prediction
Spatial–temporal convolution network
Attention mechanism
Wavelet transform
title Attention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional networks for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks
title_full Attention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional networks for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks
title_fullStr Attention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional networks for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks
title_full_unstemmed Attention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional networks for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks
title_short Attention-based spatial–temporal multi-graph convolutional networks for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks
title_sort attention based spatial temporal multi graph convolutional networks for casualty prediction of terrorist attacks
topic Terrorist attack
Prediction
Spatial–temporal convolution network
Attention mechanism
Wavelet transform
url https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-023-01037-z
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