Assessment of land use factors associated with dengue cases in Malaysia using boosted regression trees

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-84

  Cheong, Yoon Ling ^a,b   Leitão, Pedro J ^a   Lakes, Tobia ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aedes mosquitoes; Boosted regression trees; Environmental; Horticulture; Human settlements; Land use

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DENGUE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAND USE; MACHINE LEARNING; MALAYSIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; INFECTION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENGUE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; ROC CURVE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907436927     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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