ISSS608 2017-18 T1 Assign RACHEL TONG Preface

Case Notes: Preface

Based on the data files provided, the strategy for this investigation about the mysterious outbreak will be centered on the following aspects.

Blind Hypotheses about Disease

Possible Disease Origins

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The Facts

Using the microblog file data, phrase-based mentions may be tracked geospatially over time in order to identify patterns in the data. In particular, we are interested in 2 types of patterns:

• Patterns involving Symptoms, and
• Patterns involving major events within Smartpolis