Evaluating statistical methods for syndromic surveillance

Statistical Methods in Counterterrorism: Game Theory, Modeling, Syndromic Surveillance, and Biometric Authentication

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 141-172

  Stoto, Michael A ^a   Fricker Jr , Ronald D ^b   Jain, Arvind ^a   Diamond, Alexis ^c   Davies Cole, John O ^d   Glymph, Chevelle ^d   Kidane, Gebreyesus ^d   Lum, Garrett ^d   Jones, Laverne ^d   Dehan, Kerda ^d   Yuan, Christine ^d  

^a RAND Statistics Group   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d District of Columbia Department of Mental Health   (United States)

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EID: 84889985674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-35209-0_9     Document Type: Chapter

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