# Anacapa Link Analysis **Entity class:** Investigative-analysis methodology **Domain:** Intelligence analysis / law enforcement **Maturity:** Historical foundation ## Definition **Anacapa link analysis** is a structured investigative method for converting case information into association matrices and link diagrams. Analysts resolve entities, identify and code relationships, construct a matrix, transform it into a chart, and interpret clusters, bridges, and gaps. The method supplies the slow, manual foundation for later software environments. Its rigor comes from explicit sourcing and relationship coding rather than the visual chart alone. ## Relationships - **produces:** [[wiki/Association Matrix|Association Matrix]] and link diagrams. - **method family:** [[wiki/Link Analysis|Link Analysis]]. - **software successor:** [[wiki/IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook|i2 Analyst's Notebook]]. - **application:** [[wiki/Counterterrorism Intelligence|Counterterrorism Intelligence]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [Office of Justice Programs — Douglas H. Harris, “Link Analysis of Threats and Physical Safeguards”](https://www.ojp.gov/redirect-legacy/ncjrs/pdffiles1/Digitization/65210NCJRS.pdf)