Role of Assumptions in Security Environment Analysis

• Main Author: Mircea Mocanu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Danubius University 2019-07-01
• Series: Acta Universitatis Danubius: Relationes Internationales
• Subjects: information age; information relevance; data
• Online Access: http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/internationalis/article/view/6203/5124

In the Information Age, the information overload transfers the burden of information business from obtaining data and information to its selection and processing, in the effort to produce studies or intelligence useful for international relations management. The criterion for selecting information is its relevance for a specific analytical task. By information relevance one can understand the degree of association between certain information and the issue of interest, or the measure that information matches the requirements for clearing the analytical problem. How can this be established? Of course, not directly, because there is no map of connections within information, although a key-word list or an index of terms might be available.