- assets
- airstrike.R
- analysis.R
- preprocessing.R
- visualization.R
Run the R script in following order. preprocessing.R > airstrike.R > analysis.R > visualization.R
You may need internet access to download the require libraries.
assets folder include all of the visualizations used in the paper and GitHub documentation.
preprocessing.R - You need to have your own ACLED data on your
machine and point the path in the script. snr.path is to normalize the
sub-regions to states and regions.
airstrike.R - This script create multiple data frames to be used in further scripts. Only state and region based analysis are available in the paper, but this script includes nationwide analysis.
analysis.R - Analysis for total fatalities, Pyu Saw Htee associated events, military airstrikes on civilians and D-Day summary.
visualization.R - Process of creating all of the visualization in the paper.
About Myanmar
Myanmar is a country located in South East Asia. Hundreds of ethnic minorities living together with prolong conflicts under centralized legislature. Discrimination and oppression on minorities persist under every government including previous authoritarians, elected government (NLD) and current military (coup) junta.
Administrative geographical division of the 8 major ethnics divided into 7 states and 7 regions. Following is the table of state and regions. (Naypyitaw, an administrative division, is not in any of those region)
States and Regions
| States | Region |
|---|---|
| Kachin | Ayeyarwady |
| Kayah | Bago |
| Kayin | Magway |
| Chin | Mandalay |
| Mon | Sagaing |
| Rakhine | Taninthary |
| Shan | Yangon |
Boxplot explanation
Boxplot render the median, interquartile range, and the outliers of the data distribution.
- Median is the middle point in the dataset
- Interquartile range is the first quarter point and third quarter point in the dataset.
- Outliers are the points deviated from most of the data in the dataset.
For example, comparing the distribution of Fatalities in armed clashes
7 days before airstrike and Fatalities in armed clashes in 7 days
not in airstrike range in Sagaing region.
In the boxplot, we can see that most of
the fatalities in armed clashes 7 days before the airstrike is between
about 75 fatalities and 130 fatalities. But most of the fatalities in
armed clash 7 days not in the airstrike is between 0 and 30 fatalities.
Meaning the higher the fatalities in armed clashes in 7 days, the more
chance airstrike to come.