ISSS608 2017-18 T1 Assign RACHEL TONG Preface

Preface

Part I|Origins

Part II|Transmission

Part III|Containment

Coda

Preface - Analysis Strategy

Based on the data files provided, we establish our knowledge of:

1. The existence of a flu-like disease
2. An approximate spatial/temporal understanding of various events at a person-level view

As such, the strategy for this investigation about the mysterious outbreak will be centered on the following aspects.

Blind Hypotheses about Disease

Possible Disease Origins

< possible sources of disease >

The Facts

Through personal sentiment derived from geo-tagged microblog data, the microblog file data allows phrase-based mentions to be tracked geospatially over time in order to identify patterns in the data. In particular, we are interested in patterns involving Symptoms, and patterns involving major events within Smartpolis.