Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Abstract

This study explored and theorized the significant effects of typhoons relative to ICT products and services in the economy of a country that is most visited by this kind of catastrophe. Anent to this, the availability of information in the cloud such as economic indicator relative to ICT from the World Bank Organization (WBO) website and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) was exploited through data mining, specifically cluster analysis to in-depth the data analysis and generate a theory based on facts through dendrogram, amalgamation steps, and observation by cluster centroids. As a result based on the generated data using the cluster analysis, having three (3) clusters with twelve observations, it was speculated that there was a rise of ICT products and services even if the country where most visited by typhoons. This implies that ICT investment in the Philippines will continuously gain since it was not affected by this catastrophe. Hence, this negates some speculations that the ICT economy will be affected by this catastrophe. Finally, it was theorized that a country that is most visited by typhoons does not affect the economic growth relative to ICT products and services. 

Keywords: Climate Change, Cluster Analysis, Economy, Information and Communication Technology, Typhoon