# Predictive Graph
**Entity class:** Dynamic graph-analytic model
## Definition
A **predictive graph** combines a graph's entities and relationships with temporal state estimation, uncertainty, and conditional forecasting. It asks how probable network states and relationships may change as observations arrive rather than merely drawing a historical link chart.
## Relationships
- **data model:** [[wiki/Temporal Heterogeneous Graph|Temporal Heterogeneous Graph]].
- **updates through:** [[wiki/Data Assimilation|Data Assimilation]] and [[wiki/State Estimation|State Estimation]].
- **specialized use:** [[wiki/Counterterrorism Predictive Graph|Counterterrorism Predictive Graph]].
- **persistent form:** [[wiki/Predictive Graph Digital Twin|Predictive Graph Digital Twin]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [[research/Oden Institute - Theater-to-Person Predictive Scale|Oden Institute theater-to-person research]]