A hypothesis-free multiple scan statistic with variable window

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-310

  Cucala, L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Disease alarm; Epidemiology; Scan statistics; Spacings

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; COMPARISION; DISEASE ALARM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; MULTIPLE CLUSTERS; POINT PROCESS; RECURSIVE PROCEDURE; SCAN STATISTICS; SPACING; VARIABLE WINDOWS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 43249124965     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200710412     Document Type: Article

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