Space-time cluster identification in point processes

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-25

  Assunção, Renato ^a   Tavares, Andréa ^a   Correa, Thais ^a   Kulldorff, Martin ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster detection; Knox test; Point pattern; Poisson process; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249290708     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.5550350105     Document Type: Article

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