A binary-based approach for detecting irregularly shaped clusters

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Tai Chi ^a   Yue, Ching Syang Jack ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binomial approximate method; Choynowski's test; Permutation test; Spatial cluster detection method; Spatial scan statistic

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTION METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

TAIWAN;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84877029105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-12-25     Document Type: Article

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