Background
ISSS608 Visual Analytics and Applications Assignment
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Overview
Smartpolis is a major metropolitan area with a population of approximately two million residents. During the last few days, health professionals at local hospitals have noticed a dramatic increase in reported illnesses.
Observed symptoms are largely flulike and include fever, chills,sweats, aches and pains, fatigue, coughing, breathing difficulty, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, and enlarged lymph nodes. More recently, there have been several deaths believed to be associated with the current outbreak. City officials fear a possible epidemic and are mobilizing emergency management resources to mitigate the impact. You have been charged with providing an assessment of the situation.
Two datasets were provided. The first one contains microblog messages collected from various devices with GPS capabilities. These devices include laptop computers, handheld computers, and cellular phones. The second one contains map information for the entire metropolitan area. The map dataset contains a satellite image with labeled highways, hospitals, important landmarks, and water bodies. The tables for population statistics and observed weather data also provided.
Objectives
Finding the outbreak
Identify approximately where the outbreak started on the map (ground zero location). Outline the affected area. Explain how the conclusion come.
Epidemic Spread
- Present a hypothesis on how the infection is being transmitted. Identify the trends and the method of transmission, and then provide hypothesis to support the idea.
- Find out whether emergency management needed. Is it necessary for emergency management personnel to deploy treatment resources outside the affected area? Providing the reasons to support findings.
Visualisation Software
In order to perform the visual analysis, the following two tools used to explore the data:
- Tableau
- JMP Pro
