A Bayesian scan statistic for spatial cluster detection (2005)

Daniel Neill, Andrew Moore, Gregory Cooper

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Biosurveillance, Spatial Scan, Spatial Statistics

Abstract

This paper develops a new Bayesian method for cluster detection, the “Bayesian spatial scan statistic,” and compares this method to the standard (frequentist) scan statistic approach on the task of prospective disease surveillance.

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@inproceedings{NSSC2005,
    Year = {2005},
    Booktitle = {Proceedings of the National Syndromic Surveillance Conference},
    Author = { Daniel Neill, Andrew Moore, Gregory Cooper },
    Title = {A Bayesian scan statistic for spatial cluster detection}
}