Wavelet analysis in ecology and epidemiology: Impact of statistical tests

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 91, 2014, Pages

  Cazelles, Bernard ^a,b   Cazelles, Kévin ^a,d   Chavez, Mario ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Ecology; Epidemiology; Statistical testing; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL TESTS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE;

EXTRACT INFORMATIONS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELING ALGORITHMS; RESAMPLING TECHNIQUE; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS TEST; STATISTICAL TESTING; STATISTICAL TESTING METHODS;

TIME SERIES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE; DENGUE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MARKOV CHAIN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THAILAND; TIME FACTOR;

ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENGUE; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84891900758     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0585     Document Type: Article

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