SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SMALL GROUP AND OUTCAST

Disclosed herein is a system and method that analyze a plurality of types of interactions between devices and between users, predict intimacies therebetween, find small groups within a certain group based on the intimacies, and then detect outcasts. The system for detecting a small group and an outcast includes a data collection unit for collecting data based on interactions between objects. A data analysis unit analyzes the data. An intimacy prediction unit calculates intimacies between objects based on the analyzed data. A small group configuration unit detects one or more small groups from a certain group, based on the calculated intimacies. An outcast detection unit detects an outcast, based on presence or absence of each object in the one or more small groups and the intimacies.