ISSS608 2016-17 T3 Anuthama Patterns of Life

The Missing Case of the Rose-Crested Blue Pipit

Background

Q1

Q2

Q3

Conclusion

Patterns of Life

We start off the analysis by observing the daily overall traffic patterns and flows. That would be the starting point to understand the car movements across the preserve

Pattern 1

• 6 am – 6 pm are the busiest hours for the preserve.From 6-8 am the count of cars inside the preserve increases sharply and from 6-8 pm the number of cars decreases
• This plot also shows that Friday-Sunday are busier. This is probably due to weekend visitors or weekend campers

Pattern 2

• This shows that camp sites are busy even during week days not just weekends. We see a surge in timespent at camp site especially during weekends. This is in alignment with the overall increase in traffic during weekends
• 11PM – 4 AM, there is almost no movement at camp sites. The camping gates are probably closed during these hours. 7 AM – 5 PM there is increased activity around camp sites

Pattern 3

• The image above also give information on the distribution of vehicles at camp site.We notice that there are no 4 axle (and above) truck,2 axle bus and 3 axle buses in the camping site. May be these large vehicles are not allowed to camp.

Pattern 4

• Gates are sparsely used form 12 AM – 5 AM.We see a surge on Wednesdays .
• There is also an intrusion of gates by 4 axle(and above) truck. We will discuss this in Q3.

Pattern 5

• This diagram shows that 2P – Park Service Vehicles used by preserve rangers is not detected between 3-5 AM on all the days,2-5 AM on Thursdays, and 1-5 AM on Saturdays. These could be the Time off periods for all rangers.
• We can also see the path that was most frequent among 2P-Park service vehicles.

Pattern 6

• The following are the commonly used pathways:

- Ranger-stop 0 --> General gate 2[7490] - General gate 2 --> Ranger -stop 0 [7311]

- Ranger-stop 2 --> General gate 1 [7427] - General gate 1 --> Ranger-stop 2 [7248]

- Ranger-stop 0 --> Ranger-stop 2 [7463] - Ranger-stop 2 --> Ranger-stop 0 [7284]