A Spatio-temporal Methodology for Real-time Biosurveillance
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Fricker, Ronald D. Jr.
Chang, Joseph T.
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biosurveillance||bioterrorism||kernel density estimation||Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic||public health||syndromic surveillance
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2008-03-31
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March 31, 2008
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In this paper we introduce a new spatio-temporal methodology for biosurveillance entitled
the Repeated Two-sample Rank (RTR) procedure. It is designed to sequentially incorporate
information from individual observations and thus can operate on data in real-time as it arrives
into an automated biosurveillance system. In addition, upon a signal of a possible outbreak,
the methodology suggests a way to graphically indicate the likely outbreak location, and the
output can subsequently be used to track the spread of an outbreak. Thus, the methodology can
be used for both early event detection and situational awareness in automated biosurveillance
systems.
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The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.1080/08982110802334096
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Operations Research (OR)
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Fricker, R.D., Jr., and J.T. Chang (2008). A Spatio-temporal Methodology for Real-time Biosurveillance, Quality Engineering, 20, 465-477.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.