Patent ID: 7912797

Claim:
In a management terminal in communication with, via a routing controller, a computer-implemented analyst network used by a plurality of analysts receiving information elements from an information network via the routing controller, a method for monitoring analytical effectiveness of the processing of the information elements by the plurality of analysts, comprising: receiving, from the routing controller, information concerning treatment of the information elements by the plurality of analysts; determining information concerning achievement of analysis goals, wherein the analysis goals are applied to the plurality of analysts using the computer-implemented analyst network, defined as part of an analysis plan, by the plurality of analysts based on the information concerning the treatment of the information elements, wherein the information concerning the treatment of the information elements further comprises, for each topic of the plurality of topics, a degree of interaction between groups of analysts of the plurality of analysts that have processed information elements concerning the topic, wherein the degree of interaction is measured by communication traffic or previous mutual assignments between the groups of analysts of the plurality of analysts; displaying the information concerning the achievement of the analysis goals to provide displayed results.