EWMA smoothing and bayesian spatial modeling for health surveillance

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 5907-5928

  Zhou, Huafeng ^a   Lawson, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian method; Exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA); Health surveillance; Markov chain monte carlo (MCMC); Spatial model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED STATES;

BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 60849095561     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3409     Document Type: Article

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