IS428 AY2019-20T1 Assign Lee Sunho

Mini-Challenge 1: Crowdsourcing for Situational Awareness

St. Himark is a vibrant community located in the Oceanus Sea. Home to the world-renowned St. Himark Museum, beautiful beaches, and the Wilson Forest Nature Preserve, St. Himark is one of the region’s best cities for raising a family and provides employment across a number of industries including the Always Safe Nuclear Power Plant which provide 72% of the electricity.

Sadly, St. Himark is not immune to natural disasters. Faced with multiple earthquakes throughout the course of this year, this bustling city needs to be ready to face the challenge of providing immediate assistance. As it is a relatively big town with 246,839 people, various parts of the city will be affected differently due to the earthquakes. Currently, mayor Jordan, city officials, and the emergency services are overwhelmed in facing this challenge and are urgently looking for assistance in understanding the true situation. Furthermore, they would like to devise the most optimal strategy which best deploys their limited resources.

Problem & Motivation

Problem & Motivation

Data Exploration & Transformation Process

Interactive Visualization

Blessed with a plethora of data regarding the earthquakes, the city is in dire need for data scientists to analyze this data and to draw important conclusions which would better help the city's endeavor to ensure the utmost safety of its citizens. Hence, I will be cleaning and analyzing this data in order to ameliorate the current emergency response procedure.

First, the city would like to know what are some potential associations among the variables that may correlate with earthquakes. After looking through the data, there are a few potential ones and they are: shake intensity. For shake intensity, the higher the number on the scale, the more intense the earthquake is. As seen from the heat and line maps of shake intensity, different regions of St. Himark face varying levels of intensity and the areas which are more red in color are in dire need to immediate assistance.

An important thing to note is that due to the fact that this data was obtained through its citizens via a mobile application, this crowdsourced data may vary markedly.

This is due to the fact that these reports are based on subjective measurements. One citizen who is more timid may feel like the shake intensity of a certain earthquake is more intense that it actually is due to a heightened sense of fear and adrenaline. While another citizen who is more brave and bold may underestimate the earthquake's true intensity.

However, thankfully, because of the sheer amount of data we have obtained, overall, the overestimations and underestimations will cancel each other out and the data provided should be relatively accurate. But it is still important for the emergency responders to be aware of this factor based on different criteria such as regions, time, reported intensity level and classes (e.g. power, medical, sewer and water..etc), the cities should be assessed thoroughly so that certain cities can be prioritized to send help.

City Information

It is important to understand the background information about the city before I start to analyse.

Heathcare

St. Himark has an exceptional network of eight hospitals. This top-quality medical service includes many leading specialties staffed by doctors who have received world recognition.

HIMARK GENERAL in the Palace Hills area of town is known for its advanced medical surgical care. The Cardiology Center provides the full spectrum of state-of-the-art care for heart patients.

OLD TOWN HOSPITAL in the historic Old Town district is known for its expertise in diabetes and endocrinology, digestive health, oncology, and orthopedics.

TRAUMA HOSPITAL in Downtown Himark is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the area, just one of three burn centers in the region, and has the largest Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit in the city. Trauma Hospital also serves as the primary teaching affiliate of the St. Himark University School of Medicine.

CHILDREN HOSPITAL in Downtown Himark is a dedicated pediatric center providing world-class care to the children of St. Himark and the surrounding region. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL in the Broadview neighborhood offers a full spectrum of medical care tailored specifically to the patient needs.

GOLDCARE HOSPITAL in Terrapin Springs is a full-service, non-profit community hospital, offering comprehensive medical, surgical and therapeutic services.

EAGLEPEAK HOSPITAL in Southton is known for its critical care, neurology, gastrointestinal, and orthopedic care.

reference: https://vast-challenge.github.io/2019/MC1.html