ISSS608 2016-17 T3 Anuthama Patterns of Life
The Missing Case of the Rose-Crested Blue Pipit
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Patterns of Life
I 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
Next I analyse the traffic at the different gate types in order to drill down on the traffic patterns and flows and call out any interesting findings.
Pattern 2
- 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
- The plot reveals that camp sites are busy even during week days not just weekends. We see a surge in time spent at camp site especially during weekends. This is in alignment with the overall increase in traffic during weekends
This dashboard enables us to explore the interesting relationship between the gate type, car types that pass through the gates as well as the time related data like how long the vehicle was at the gate and time of the day.
Pattern 3
- By looking at 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.
We noticed some interesting findings at the gates
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]
