Monte-carlo simulation for warehouse allocation

In this article I present an exemplary application of monte-carlo simulation for warehouse allocation. Monte-carlo simulation is a very popular technique when it comes to risk assessment. In previous posts I have introduced implementations of monte-carlo simulations in Python and…

ggplot2 animation with gganimate in R

gganimate converts any ggplot2 visualization into a ggplot2 animation. I have already published various posts containing gganimate animations. For R programmers or analysts with proficiency in R this is a very interesting package. See e.g. my blog post introducing comtradr for…

Commodity trade analysis with comtradr in R

I have already introduced various interfaces in R and Python for querying data directly from within a script. Examples covered by me inlcuded the OECD database and its interface in R, i.e. the OECD package in R. I also e.g. covered twitteR,…

Spatial data visualization in Python and R

This article introduces the concept of spatial data visualization pipeline in R or Python. I have written various posts covering spatial data visualization for supply chain analysis and management, in both R and Python. Relevant libraries comprise e.g. Leaflet in…

Spatial data animation: ggmap & gganimate

Following a series of introductionary posts on spatial data visualization in R, covering packages such as ggmap, leaflet, tidygeocoder, geopy, deckgl and osmdata, I here present a framework utilizing some relevant packages. The framework was developed in R. It was…