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Monitoring Changes in Spatio‐temporal Maps of Disease
Author(s) -
Vidal Rodeiro Carmen L.,
Lawson Andrew B.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.200510176
Subject(s) - cartography , statistics , computer science , geography , mathematics
The object of statistical surveillance is to detect a change in a process accurately and quickly as new observations keep adding to the observed part of the process. In this paper we discuss methodological issues in developing a rapid response in a spatial surveillance system. Simple exploratory statistical methods together with more sophisticated methods, based on hierarchical space‐time models defined at small area level, are considered. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)