Recombinant Temporal Aberration Detection Algorithms for Enhanced Biosurveillance

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-86

  Murphy, Sean Patrick ^a   Burkom, Howard ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 36749077452     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2587     Document Type: Article

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