A Space-Time Scan Statistic for Detecting Emerging Outbreaks

Biometrics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-115

  Tango, Toshiro ^a   Takahashi, Kunihiko ^a   Kohriyama, Kazuaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Emergency Life Saving Technique Academy of Kyushu   (Japan)

Author keywords

Efficient score test; Likelihood ratio test; Negative binomial distribution; Poisson distribution; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; STATISTICS;

EFFICIENT SCORE TEST; EMERGING DISEASE; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; LOCALISED; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; NON-CIRCULAR; SCAN STATISTICS; SCORE TEST; SPACETIME; SURVEILLANCE;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE SPREAD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; POISSON RATIO;

EID: 79952583626     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2010.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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