An adaptive prediction and detection algorithm for multistream syndromic surveillance

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Najmi, Amir Homayoon ^a   Magruder, Steve F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FILTERING OPERATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIMULATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS COMPUTING; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; ROC CURVE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 27744577817     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-5-33     Document Type: Article

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