MATH517team2-3

Project 3

Useful links

Data description: https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/school-of-mathematics/eva-2021/competitions/data-challenge
Brainstorming: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t1TRSdXrubLFedwC9bPvZH0JIvguAFZ1KK1WPfXf4Zc/edit
15 Useful R packages for Data Visualization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xWT6qimkTI

Possible questions

The purpose of this investigation is to give an answer to the following question:

What are the main factors that affect the propagation of wildfires within the United States?

An investigation will be conducted and consists in answering these subquestions:

• How have the number of fires in the United States of America evolved with time from 1993 to 2015?
• How do the land covers vary over time?
• How are fires distributed across the land covers and meteorological factors?

Structure

1. Visualisation of wildfires with respect to different factors
       a) Evolution of wildfire from 1993 to 2015 (Project 2)
       b) Distribution of wildfires with respect to meteorological factors (Zineb and Seorim)
   
2. Wildfires and the land cover
       a) Correlation between wildfires and the land cover, evolution of land cover (Project 2)
       b) Spread of fire based on the type of land covers (Project 2)
       c) Prediction of wildfire cases depending on the land covers (Salima)
   
3. Wildfires and the meteorological factors
       a) Correlation between wildfires and the meteorological factors (Project 2)
       b) Effect of wind on the spread of wildfires (Fahim)
   
4. Subgroup analysis
       a) Quantile regression (Project 2)
       b) Survival analysis on the incidence of wildfires (Matias)
   

List of members

• Zineb Agnaou (ZinebAg)
• Fahim Beck (FahimBeck)
• Matias Janvin (matiasjanvin)
• Salima Jaoua (salimajaoua)
• Seorim Park (seorimpark)