As the information age comes to fruition, terrorist networks have moved mainstream by promoting theircauses via the World Wide Web. In addition to their standard rhetoric, these organizations provide anyone with anInternet connection the ability to access dangerous information involving the creation and implementation ofImprovised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Unfortunately for governments combating terrorism, IED education networkscan be very difficult to find and even harder to monitor. Regular commercial search engines are not up to this task, asthey have been optimized to catalog information quickly and efficiently for user ease of access while promoting retailcommerce at the same time. This thesis presents a performance analysis of a new search engine algorithm designed tohelp find IED education networks using the Nutch open-source search engine architecture. It reveals which webpages are more important via references from other web pages regardless of domain. In addition, this thesis discussespotential evaluation and monitoring techniques to be used in conjunction with the proposed algorithm.
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