ITECH7407- Real Time Analytic Individual assignment – 2017 Worth – 20% ANALYTIC REPORT This is a business analytics project aimed at generating innovative analytics solutions for an agriculture firm by selecting one of the three projects. It will allow students to show innovation and creativity in applying Watson Analytics/SAP Business Object/Predictive Analytics/HANA and designing useful visualization solutions and predictive models for different types of analytics problems. Students are expected to use one of the following project to make recommendation for mentioned in the project or related ones. The list of Australian firm can be found from following link http://www.manta.com/world/Oceania/Australia/agriculture--C0/ Project 1 Modelling monthly sunspot numbers Sunspots are the temporary phenomenon generated by strong magnetic fields emanating from the interior of the Sun. Sunspot activity cycles about every 11 years and can be visible as back flecks on the surface of the Sun. Peak solar activity is often marked by mass ejection of intense high-energy radiation from the sun’s surface called solar flares. Solar flares are known to have several impacts on earth, including their impact on satellite communication and radio transmission. Predicting solar activity is therefore of paramount importance. You tasks are to: ⦁ Explore the monthly solar activity data available at http://sidc.oma.be/silso/datafiles, ⦁ Determine different trends and patterns ⦁ Develop a model to predict solar activity up to 12 months in advance. Project 2 Modelling mean monthly solar exposure There is a growing interest in improving the knowledge of the relationship between sustainable urban development and local climatic conditions. In particular, such knowledge can be very useful to urban planners and bio meteorologists for the design of sustainable buildings and green landscapes to minimise energy consumption, and potentially mitigate the Urban Heat Island intensity and effects. Solar radiation exposure is one of the main factors driving changes in various surface processes on earth, including local changes in the near-surface air temperature. Knowledge and understanding of the influence of solar radiation exposure on maximum temperature, for example, can be very useful for sustainable planning of an urban environment. In this project, you tasks are to: ⦁ Explore the monthly solar exposure for Ballarat Aerodrome (or any other Australian location of your interest); data available at ⦁ http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/⦁ d⦁ ata/. ⦁ Determine different trends and patterns ⦁ Develop a model to predict solar activity up to 12 months in advance. Project 3 Modelling mean monthly rainfall variability Rainfall variability and trends is widely known to be impacted by climate change in various parts of Australia and globally. Such changes will have dire consequences in various socio-economic sectors. Please chose one of such examples and In this project, you tasks are to: ⦁ Explore the monthly rainfall data for Ballarat (or any other Australian location of your interest); data available at ⦁ http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/. ⦁ Determine different trends and patterns ⦁ Develop a model to predict solar activity up to 12 months in advance. Report Submission: ⦁ Hard-copy to tutors/lecturers assignment box in week 10. Double- sided printing for the hard-copy is encouraged in order to save paper. ⦁ You will also submit a 9-10 pages report (about 3000 words not counting cover page and references) of this project. At least 15 references in your report must be from peer- reviewed sources. Include any and all sources of information including any person(s) you interviewed for this project. ⦁ Please note that all references must adhere to APA style. See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01 and ⦁ http://www.apastyl⦁ e.org/ for details on how to format a report and how to cite references. Make sure your follow formal report structure with cover page, introduction, use of headings, subheadings, conclusion sand reference section. ⦁ You are reminded to read the “Plagiarism” section of the course description. Your essay should be a synthesis of ideas from a variety of sources expressed in your own words. ⦁ All reports must use the APA referencing style. University Referencing/Citation Style Guide: The University has published a style guide to help students correctly reference and cite information they use in assignments (American Psychological Association (APA) citation style, http://www.ballarat.edu.au/aasp/student/learning_support/generalguide/print/ch06s04.shtml or Australian citation style ⦁ Reports are to be presented in hard copy in size 12 Arial Font and double spaced. Your report should include a list of references used in the essay and a bibliography of the wider reading you have done to familiarize yourself on the topic. ⦁ A passing grade will be awarded to assignments adequately addressing all assessment criteria. Higher grades require better quality and more effort. For example, a minimum is set on the wider reading required. A student reading vastly more than this minimum will be better prepared to discuss the issues in depth and consequently their report is likely to be of a higher quality. So before submitting, please read through the assessment criteria very carefully.