#GraphCast: How to Solve a Crime with Graph Theory

Jessica Baumgardner

Managing Editor, Neo4j

1 min read

This GraphCast, “How to Solve a Crime with Graph Theory,” is a basic explainer of graph theory.

Welcome to this week’s #GraphCast – our series featuring what you might have missed in Neo4j media from the past fortnight.

Last time, our Managing Editor, Jocelyn Hoppa, unearthed a clip of the erstwhile CBS show Numb3rs (a show that my mom and I loved), showing how a mathematician solved crimes for the FBI using graph theory.

This GraphCast, “How to Solve a Crime with Graph Theory,” is a basic explainer of graph theory.

Because I, a wannabe detective, needed to know a little more about how graph theory could be used to solve crimes, I dug this gem, “How to Solve a Crime with Graph Theory” out of the YouTube goldmine. (When it comes to graph theory, stick figures are the best explainers.)



Now, I feel equipped to start my own detective agency. Basic understanding of graph theory? Check. Decent stick figure drawing ability? Check.



Like this week’s #GraphCast?
Catch out more graph videos when you subscribe to the Neo4j YouTube channel, updated weekly with tons of graph tech goods.

Subscribe Me

Share Article

Explore

Detecting Bank Fraud With Neo4j: The Power of Graph Databases

3 min read

Elevate Fraud Detection With Neo4j on AWS: Uncover Hidden Patterns and Enhance Accuracy

4 min read

Loading Data Into Neo4j Using pyneoinstance

8 min read

Turning Your Tabular Data Into a Graph Using Cypher

9 min read

Mix and Batch: A Technique for Fast, Parallel Relationship Loading in Neo4j

14 min read
Neo4j and Snowflake Bring Graph Data Science Into the AI Data Cloud

Neo4j and Snowflake Bring Graph Data Science Into the AI Data Cloud

4 min read