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Detecting Coherent Structures in Syndromic Time Series Using Wavelets
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Temporally localized outbreaks occur in the presence of a complex background, greatly complicating both retrospective and real-time detection. Numerous techniques have been proposed for adjusting thresholds to account for this variable background.… read more -
Characterizing Repeated Outbreak Patterns in Influenza Time Series
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In some influenza seasons, morbidity and mortality closely follow the expected seasonal variation. In these years, approaches such as SerflingÃs model and seasonal-based syndromic outbreak detectors, in use in EARS, work well. In other years,… read more