Inaccuracy, Uncertainty and the Space-Time Permutation Scan Statistic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Malizia, Nicholas ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; SPACE TIME PERMUTATION SCAN STATISTIC; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84873600667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052034     Document Type: Article

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