Spatial modelling of disease using data- and knowledge-driven approaches

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Stevens, Kim B ^a   Pfeiffer, Dirk U ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data driven; Disease distribution; Knowledge driven; Mapping; Spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION TREE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE FACTOR ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODEL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FUZZY LOGIC; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR RULE SET PRODUCTION; GIS BASED MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNOWLEDGE; MACHINE LEARNING; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051787178     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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