Harry Rickards, Veselin Vankov (Twitter, LinkedIn)
Analyse alcohol and drug data to predict the effect an intervention would have. In other words, if a commissioner is considering spending on a new intervention initiative, the app can predict the effects of that intervention. Technically, it does this using Support Vector Machines (see svm_guide.pdf
).
Very messy code, as it was for a hackathon. Models currently untrained.
Local Alcohol Profiles for England NHS Reference Costs National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (scraped)
Specific data on previous interventions could have been used; it would have been good if that was available in a lot more granular format.