Visualising war, see the presentation for more info.

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Requirements

  • texlive
  • latexmk
  • R
  • inkscape
$ sudo apt-get install texlive-full latexmk r-base inkscape

R packages:

  • network
  • sna
  • ggplot2
  • GGally
  • Hmisc
  • scales
$ R --vanilla
install.packages(c("network", "sna", "ggplot2", "GGally", "Hmisc", "scales"))

Building

$ git clone github.com/mcjohnalds/war-visualised
...
$ make
...
Success! See out/ for output.
$ ls out
nuclear_compared_with_violence.png    # Nuclear/violence bar plot
war_over_time.png                     # War/violence line plot
ally_network.png                      # Ally network plot
enemy_network.png                     # Enemy network plot
presentation.pdf                      # Slideshow
report.pdf                            # Lengthy project report

Troubleshooting

Ensure the following executables are accessible from your $PATH:

  • make
  • mkdir
  • rm
  • latexmk
  • Rscript
  • inkscape
  • pdflatex

Check for latex errors in tmp/proposal.log and tmp/report.log.