Runliang Li (Math), Qiyuan Pan (Computer Science), and Lei Qian (Masters in Statistics and Economic Modelling) spent ten weeks investigating discrepancies between posted wait times and actual wait times for rides at Disney World. They worked with data provided by TouringPlans.
Project Results
The team built a linear regression model to predict future wait times on given rides based on historical wait times on many other rides, time of day, season, and many other factors. Their model was informed by a lot of exploratory data analysis, as well as much data cleaning and merging.
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Faculty Sponsors
- Alessandro Arlotto, Decision Sciences, Fuqua School of Business
- Yehua Wei, Decision Sciences, Fuqua School of Business
Participants
- Qiyuan Pan, Duke University Computer Science
- Runliang Li, Duke University Computer Science & Mathematics
- Lei Qian, Duke University Statistical and Economic Modeling
Project Manager
- Andrew Frazelle, Ph.D. Candidate, Decision Sciences
Disciplines Involved
- Business Analytics
- Operations Research
- All quantitative STEM
