A flexibly shaped spatial scan statistic for detecting clusters

The spatial scan statistic proposed by Kulldorff has been applied to a wide variety of epidemiological studies for cluster detection. This scan statistic, however, uses a circular window to define the potential cluster areas and thus has difficulty in correctly detecting actual noncircular clusters....

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Published in:International journal of health geographics Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 11
Main Authors: Tango, Toshiro, Takahashi, Kunihiko
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England BioMed Central 18.05.2005
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ISSN:1476-072X, 1476-072X
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