13 August 2010 This file contains metadata for the files contained in ACLEDPaperReplication.zip Modified ACLED data file containing only the fields we used for analysis. afpak24may10_3actors.csv ege_ID - event ID EVENT_DATE - date of event ACTOR1 - actor involved in the event ALLY_ACTOR1 - ally to ACTOR1 if reported ACTOR2 - actor involved in the event ALLY_ACTOR_2 - ally to ACTOR2 if reported COUNTRY - either Afghanistan or Pakistan LATITUDE - latitude geographic coordinate LONGITUDE - longitude geographic coordinate Drone - 1 if the event is a drone attack, 0 otherwise FREQ - values all = 1, used for counting events monthID - field for month ID, 1 = Jan 2008, 2 = Feb 2008... monthLbl - text version of monthID field qtrID - field for quarter ID, 1 = 2008 Q1, 2 = 2008 Q2... qtrLbl - text version of qtrID field forgn - 1 if foreign forces were involved in the event, 0 otherwise insgt - 1 if event involves insurgents but no foreign or local forces, 0 otherwise localGov - 1 if event involves local forces, but no foreign forces, 0 otherwise Mean center & standard ellipses centersEllipsesW.py - Python script to generate mean centers & standard ellipses afpak3actors.* - projected event data shapefiles (x=coords_x1, y=coords_x2) Ripley's K clustering ClusterTrendsW.R - R script to generate Ripley's K clustering distance Civilian & non-civilian monthly plots CivilianTrendsW.R - R script to generate civilian & non-civilian monthly plots Actor trends by country ActorTrendsW.R - R script to generate actor trends by country barplot Urban/rural distributions UrbanRuralW.R - R script to generate urban/rural distributions EventsUrbanJoin.dbf - list of events with Join_Count=1 for urban areas (generated in ArcGIS) Rough terrain distributions SlopeTrendsW.R - R script to generate slope/terrain distributions eventsSlp.csv - contains mean slope for each event based on 2.5km buffer Near/far border distributions NearBorderW.R - R script to generate near/far border distributions EventsBorderJoin.dbf - list of events with Join_Count=1 for near border (generated in ArcGIS) Tribal/non-tribal areas FATAw.R - R script to generate tribal/non-tribal distributions EventsFATAJoin.dbf - list of events with Join_Count=1 for tribal areas (generated in ArcGIS) Pashtun/non-Pashtun distributions PashtunW.R - R script to generate Pashtun/non-Pashtun distributions EventsPashtunJoin.dbf - list of events with Join_Count=1 for Pashtun areas (generated in ArcGIS) Space-time cluster analysis afpak2008h1.prm - SaTScan parameter file for the 1st half of 2008 afpak2008h2.prm - SaTScan parameter file for the 2nd half of 2008 afpak2009h1.prm - SaTScan parameter file for the 1st half of 2009 afpak2009h2.prm - SaTScan parameter file for the 2nd half of 2009