ISSS608 2017-18 T1 Assign Xiao Zhenyu Background

   Mini Challenge 1: Smartpolis Epidemic Spread

Background

Data Preparation

Design Methodology

Visualisation & Analysis 1

Visualisation & Analysis 2

Interactive Links

Background

Epidemic can become a disaster to human if not contained in time and properly by its character of rapid and wide spread of infectious disease to a large number of people within very short period of time, usually 2 weeks or less. Recent cases like Bird flu, H1N1 flu, and Zika virus were affecting globally, which causes thousands of deaths.

Smartpolis, a major metropolitan city with a population of 2.32 million residents over an area of 380.7 km2, has a very high population density of 6,097 ppl/km2. It can’t afford to have the epidemic outbreak without fast reaction and effective containment, which might destroy the whole city in few weeks or shorter. Question is how to find the origin and spread of the epidemic, and control the impact as soon as possible.

Objective

The objective of this assignment work is to apply data visualization analytics to assist detecting and identifying the origin of the outbreak, the affected areas, the pattern and trend of infection transmission, and whether the outbreak was already contained, whether treatment resources needed in affected areas.