A scoping review of spatial cluster analysis techniques for point-event data

Geospatial Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-198

  Fritz, Charles E ^a   Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Robertson, Colin ^b   Lear, Scott ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster detection; Spatial clustering; Spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881222440     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.79     Document Type: Article

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