Sample size considerations for livestock movement network data

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 399-405

  Pfeiffer, Caitlin N ^a   Firestone, Simon M ^b   Campbell, Angus J D ^a   Larsen, John W A ^a   Stevenson, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degree; Network; Risk based disease control; Sample size; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIVESTOCK; PROCEDURES; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIVESTOCK; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84949538030     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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