Recommended Citation
August 1, 2014.
Abstract
There is interest in how environmental variables derived from satellite data such as temperature, vegetation cover, and precipitation correlate to vector borne disease occurrence such as malaria and dengue fever. This study will be carried out using a decision tree based open source software called Random Forests to find correlations between the remote sensing variables and mosquito abundance. Software will be written in C# to take large amounts of data from the NASA satellite database and automatically format it for the Random Forest Software input. Correlations found, using Random Forests, between disease incidence and the variables can be used as early warning indicators for disease outbreaks.
Disciplines
Applied Statistics | Categorical Data Analysis | Environmental Health and Protection | Environmental Monitoring | Science and Mathematics Education | Secondary Education and Teaching | Software Engineering | Vital and Health Statistics
Mentor
Erika Podest
Lab site
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Funding Acknowledgement
This material is based upon work supported by the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation and by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0952013. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation or the National Science Foundation. This project has also been made possible with support of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. The STAR program is administered by the Cal Poly Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CESaME) on behalf of the California State University (CSU).
Included in
Applied Statistics Commons, Categorical Data Analysis Commons, Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Monitoring Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons, Software Engineering Commons, Vital and Health Statistics Commons
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/star/244