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A Space Time Permutation Scan Statistic with Irregular Shape for Disease Outbreak Detection
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This paper describes a methodology for detecting irregular space-time cluster using the space time permutation scan statistic. The methodology includes sequential Monte Carlo simulation and distribution approximation to estimate the error type I. -
Comparing the Utility of Ambulatory Care and Emergency Room Data for Disease Outbreak Detection
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To compare the ability to detect disease outbreaks of separate and combined data streams from ambulatory care and emergency department from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.