How math is being used to hunt for Banksy, the elusive street artist

DeathHamster · Mar 4, 2016

Repent Harlequin! said:

They used dogs. They used probes. They used cardioplate crossoffs. They used teepers. They used bribery. They used stiktytes. They used intimidation. They used torment. They used torture. They used finks. They used cops. They used search&seizure. They used fallaron. They used betterment incentive. They used fingerprints. They used Bertillon. They used cunning. They used guile. They used treachery. They used Raoul Mitgong, but he didn't help. much. They used applied physics. They used techniques of criminology.

And what the hell: they caught him.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2557444/h...to-hunt-for-banksy-the-elusive-street-artist/

How math is being used to hunt for Banksy, the elusive street artist

By Jill Lawless The Associated Press

Elusive street artist Banksy may have been unmasked — by mathematics.

Scientists have applied a type of modeling used to track down criminals and map disease outbreaks to identify the graffiti artist, whose real name has never been confirmed.

The technique, known as geographic profiling, is used by police forces to narrow down lists of suspects by calculating from multiple crime sites where the offender most likely lives.

The researchers used the location of 140 Banksy artworks in London and Bristol, western England.

Writing in the Journal of Spatial Science, they said the artworks “are associated with sites linked to one prominent candidate” — Robin Gunningham, previously named in media reports as Banksy.

They said the study is not conclusive but “does provide some support for the theory that he is Banksy.”

Banksy’s spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
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