# Militarized Interstate Disputes (MID)

Origin Notes: Collected as part of the https://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/MIDs/ project.
graph features handled: Dynamic, Dynamic (discrete)
Graph features in papers: dynamic,dynamic (discrete),layered graphs,n-layers,clusters (pre-existing),dynamic,dynamic (discrete),layered graphs,n-layers
Origin Paper: The MID5 Dataset, 2011–2014: Procedures, coding rules, and description (https://www.notion.so/The-MID5-Dataset-2011-2014-Procedures-coding-rules-and-description-68e2449950584fdeb99e5d016704b585?pvs=21)
Originally found at: https://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/MIDs/
Size: The dataset consists of 2 disconnected temporal event sequence graphs, one with 11,766 nodes and 5,883 edges, and the other with 9,619 nodes and 8,017 edges.
Number of Graphs: 2
Appeared in years: 2012,2013
Type of Collection: Uniform Benchmark
is it stored properly?: No
must be analyzed: No
In repo?: Yes
Related to Literature - Algorithm (1) (Dataset tag relations): Design Considerations for Optimizing Storyline Visualizations (https://www.notion.so/Design-Considerations-for-Optimizing-Storyline-Visualizations-7d26fa762ce44baa96b51c7361bfed17?pvs=21), StoryFlow: Tracking the Evolution of Stories (https://www.notion.so/StoryFlow-Tracking-the-Evolution-of-Stories-a5e01c41d9ce44769f4cd154d4c293e3?pvs=21)
cleaned format?: Yes
duplicate?: No
link works?: Yes
Added in paper: No
OSF link json: https://files.osf.io/v1/resources/j7ucv/providers/osfstorage/64d90e8f0c2b4d0d2e38626d
Origin paper plaintext: The MID5 Dataset, 2011–2014: Procedures, coding rules, and description
Page id: 27d9df7d11e44a9596267bb930bc6f03
unavailable/skip: No
Cleaned ALL data: No
OSF link gexf: https://files.osf.io/v1/resources/j7ucv/providers/osfstorage/64d9481e4cf7481059055704
OSF link gml: https://files.osf.io/v1/resources/j7ucv/providers/osfstorage/64d96e2a1101aa0e9f6a0bd5
OSF link graphml: https://files.osf.io/v1/resources/j7ucv/providers/osfstorage/64d971de0c2b4d0f6438644d
first look: Yes
sparkline data: {'min': 156, 'max': 199, 'step_size': 50, 'num_bins': 4, 'bins': [0, 50, 100, 150], 'num_nodes': [0, 0, 0, 2]}
Related to Literature - Algorithm (Dataset tag relations) 1: Design Considerations for Optimizing Storyline Visualizations (../Benchmark%20sets%200cc6b5e454304aec98f3b59b1a720476/Literature%20ad87f14e7097454fb2f784e2c8a2797a/Literature%20-%20Algorithm%2012e01bfc60a84007aa7d2d34293e123d/Design%20Considerations%20for%20Optimizing%20Storyline%20Vis%200a518ed402154bdcb136759d50e09b1b.md), StoryFlow: Tracking the Evolution of Stories (../Benchmark%20sets%200cc6b5e454304aec98f3b59b1a720476/Literature%20ad87f14e7097454fb2f784e2c8a2797a/Literature%20-%20Algorithm%2012e01bfc60a84007aa7d2d34293e123d/StoryFlow%20Tracking%20the%20Evolution%20of%20Stories%2085d6352e70a54f3e8840adcfea70363a.md)

# Body

### Description From Literature

From [Design Considerations for Optimizing Storyline Visualizations:](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6327274)

> For the time-varying network, we use the Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) network dataset [19].
> 

> For example, in the MID network dataset, which consists of 196 nations and 740 time steps, the genome length was reduced from 1714 to 432, allowing the algorithm to gain a considerable speedup.
> 

From [StoryFlow: Tracking the Evolution of Stories](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6634164):

> We conducted the experiment based on three movie datasets and a network dataset: Star Wars, Inception, The Matrix, and the MID network dataset (from 1817 to 1947).
> 

### Example Figures

From [Design Considerations for Optimizing Storyline Visualization](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6327274):

![Screen Shot 2023-01-21 at 2.41.34 PM.png](Militarized%20Interstate%20Disputes%20(MID)%2027d9df7d11e44a9596267bb930bc6f03/Screen_Shot_2023-01-21_at_2.41.34_PM.png)

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Earliest Citation on Website for version 2.1: [Jones, Daniel M., Stuart A. Bremer and J. David Singer. 1996 .”Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1816-1992: Rationale, Coding Rules, and Empirical Patterns.” *Conflict Management and Peace Science 15*
:163-213](https://doi.org/10.1177/073889429601500203)

Was originally here:

[http://psfaculty.ucdavis.edu/zmaoz/dyadmid.html](http://psfaculty.ucdavis.edu/zmaoz/dyadmid.html)

[**Design Considerations for Optimizing Storyline Visualizations**](../Benchmark%20sets%200cc6b5e454304aec98f3b59b1a720476/Literature%20ad87f14e7097454fb2f784e2c8a2797a/Literature%20-%20Algorithm%2012e01bfc60a84007aa7d2d34293e123d/Design%20Considerations%20for%20Optimizing%20Storyline%20Vis%200a518ed402154bdcb136759d50e09b1b.md) 

Or here: [https://correlatesofwar.org/COW2 Data/MIDs/MID310.html](https://correlatesofwar.org/COW2%20Data/MIDs/MID310.html)
from [**StoryFlow: Tracking the Evolution of Stories**](../Benchmark%20sets%200cc6b5e454304aec98f3b59b1a720476/Literature%20ad87f14e7097454fb2f784e2c8a2797a/Literature%20-%20Algorithm%2012e01bfc60a84007aa7d2d34293e123d/StoryFlow%20Tracking%20the%20Evolution%20of%20Stories%2085d6352e70a54f3e8840adcfea70363a.md) 

**Now it’s here**: [https://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/MIDs/](https://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/MIDs/)

And linked to by Z. Maoz’s website: [https://zmaoz.faculty.ucdavis.edu/data-sets/](https://zmaoz.faculty.ucdavis.edu/data-sets/)

StoryFlow: Tracking Evolution of Stories had no visualization-

“We failed to generate the storyline layout of the MID
data, so we used the results provided by Tanahashi.”

Version 5 Bibliography entry:

Palmer, Glenn, Roseanne W. McManus, Vito D’Orazio, Michael R. Kenwick, Mikaela Karstens, Chase Bloch, Nick Dietrich, Kayla Kahn, Kellan Ritter, Michael J. Soules. 2020. “The MID5 Dataset, 2011-2014: Procedures, Coding Rules, and Description.” *Conflict Management and Peace Science*
, 39(4): 470-482. DOI: [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0738894221995743](https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894221995743)

Part of Storylines data

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