Bayesian prediction of an epidemic curve

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-99

  Jiang, Xia ^a   Wallstrom, Garrick ^a   Cooper, Gregory F ^a   Wagner, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Biosurveillance; Disease surveillance; Epidemic curve

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORK; BIOSURVEILLANCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC CURVE;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; HEALTH CARE; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 60049086169     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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