Disasters worldwide from 1900-2008

This document reproduces the example “Disasters worldwide from 1900-2008” presented in the paper “Probabilistic archetypal analysis” by Seth and Eugster (2014). The Rmd file lists the corresponding R code.

Cost plot:

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Disaster profiles:

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7
ComplexDisasters 0.00 1.09 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.00
Drought 0.00 2.23 9.42 10.59 17.20 4.74 0.00
Earthquake 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.11 64.64 67.43 0.00
Epidemic 0.00 7.59 16.64 25.97 15.20 16.83 0.00
ExtremeTemperature 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.61 0.14 3.09
Flood 0.00 13.72 15.32 29.47 177.29 96.61 9.28
IndustrialAccident 0.00 0.76 0.81 0.88 200.79 12.88 1.03
InsectInfestation 0.00 0.00 5.41 0.00 0.47 0.49 0.00
MassMovementDry 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.34 1.92 0.00
MassMovementWet 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.88 21.57 34.49 0.00
MiscellaneousAccident 0.00 1.42 1.87 6.69 92.79 16.46 1.03
Storm 4.66 2.91 1.17 0.87 349.93 9.56 1.03
TransportAccident 0.80 4.59 15.73 27.55 228.17 97.95 1.03
Volcano 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.06 26.56 0.00
Wildfire 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 34.75 5.09 1.03

Barplot of profiles (% of maximum value):

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World maps colored based on factor \( H \) for each archetype:

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Simplex visualization showing the model deviance:

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Simplex visualization showing insect infestations variable:

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