A hierarchical model for space-time surveillance data on meningococcal disease incidence

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-183

  Knorr Held, Leonhard ^a,c   Richardson, Sylvia ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical modelling; Hidden Markov models; Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques; Markov random field models; Meningococcal disease; Space time data; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141684911     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00396     Document Type: Article

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