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IS620 Final Project

Analyzing Social Networks and Predicting Winners in Survivor

Brian Chu, Aaron Palumbo - December 2015

Survivor is a reality game show where 16-20 contestants are put in a remote location to compete in challenges and vote each other off, by majority, one-by-one, until a single winner remains. On the surface, the concept of Survivor seems completely unrelated to web analytics. At its core, however, Survivor is effectively a strategic game where success is often determined by building alliances and connections with other players. Therefore, Survivor can be viewed as a social network that actually exemplifies many of the key concepts studied in this course.

In this project, we aim to use social network analysis to answer some of the following:

  • What do social networks in Survivor look like? Are alliances and outcasts easily spotted?
  • Is the general gameplay and strategy of Survivor changing over time?
  • What is the optimal winning strategy or position in the network?
  • Can winners be accurately predicted over the course of a season?
Please refer to project_notebook.ipynb for a file overview and navigation index.

And for the record, as of Dec. 13, we're picking Jeremy to win Cambodia with 6 contestants left.

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