Search for dissertations about: "Benjamin Allévius"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Benjamin Allévius.

2. 1. Scan Statistics for Space-Time Cluster Detection

   Author : Benjamin Allévius; Martin Sköld; Michael Höhle; Paula Moraga-Serrano; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Scan statistics are used by public health agencies to detect and localize disease outbreaks. This thesis provides an overview of scan statistics in the context of prospective disease surveillance and outbreak detection, presents a novel scan statistic to deal with the type of zero-abundant data that is often encountered in these settings, and—perhaps most importantly—implements this and other scan statistics in a freely available and open source R package. READ MORE