ISSS608 2016-17 T1 Assign3 Frandy Eddy

Abstract

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Overview

DinoFun World is a typical modest-sized amusement park, sitting on about 215 hectares and hosting thousands of visitors each day. It has a small town feel, but it is well known for its exciting rides and events.
One event last year was a weekend tribute to Scott Jones, internationally renowned football (“soccer,” in US terminology) star. Scott Jones is from a town nearby DinoFun World. He was a classic hometown hero, with thousands of fans who cheered his success as if he were a beloved family member. To celebrate his years of stardom in international play, DinoFun World declared “Scott Jones Weekend”, where Scott was scheduled to appear in two stage shows each on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to talk about his life and career. In addition, a show of memorabilia related to his illustrious career would be displayed in the park’s Pavilion. However, the event did not go as planned. Scott’s weekend was marred by crime and mayhem perpetrated by a poor, misguided and disgruntled figure from Scott’s past.
While the crimes were rapidly solved, park officials and law enforcement figures are interested in understanding just what happened during that weekend to better prepare themselves for future events. They are interested in understanding how people move and communicate in the park, as well as how patterns changes and evolve over time, and what can be understood about motivations for changing patterns.

The Task

To be a visual detective

1. Identify those IDs that stand out for their large volumes of communication. For each of these IDs
   1. Characterize the communication patterns you see.
   2. Based on these patterns, what do you hypothesize about these IDs?
2. Describe up to 10 communications patterns in the data. Characterize who is communicating, with whom, when and where. If you have more than 10 patterns to report, please prioritize those patterns that are most likely to relate to the crime.
3. From this data, can you hypothesize when the vandalism was discovered? Describe your rationale.

Data Preparation

Before we start to do the analysis, we need to prepare the data so that it can be used for analysis.

Results & Findings

There are some IDs with much larger volume of communication than others. The IDs are 1278894, 839736, and external.

1. ID 1278894
- Patterns:

• This ID has the highest volume of communication on all 3 days.
• The volume of communication from and to this ID is almost the same, with more communication coming from this ID than communication going to this ID. (~0.30% difference)
• It is found that the location of this ID is always on Entry Corridor.
• Communications from this ID only happen at certain times. It started sending out broadcast messages on 12:00 PM - 12:55 PM, 2:00 PM - 2:55 PM, 4:00 PM - 4:55 PM, 6:00 PM - 6:55 PM, and 8:00 PM - 8:55 PM with an interval of 5 minutes between each broadcast message.

- Based on these patterns, I hypothesize that this ID is

2. ID 839736
- Patterns:

• This ID always responds within 5 minutes after it receives a message.
• The volume of communication from and to this ID is almost exactly the same. (~0.01% difference)
• It is found that the location of this ID is always on Entry Corridor.
• Communications involving this ID happen at all times throughout the day.

- Based on these patterns, I hypothesize that this ID is

3. External
- Patterns:

• This ID only receives messages and does not send any messages.
• Communications involving this ID happen at all times throughout the day.
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- Based on these patterns, I hypothesize that this ID is an external party

There are some communication patterns found in the data.
1. Abc
2. Abc
3. Abc
4. Abc
5. Abc

From the communication patterns, the vandalism was discovered at around

Visualisation Software

To perform the visual analysis, some visualisation softwares are used:

• Tableau 10.0
• JMP Pro
• Gephi