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Evaluation of Spatial Estimation Methods for Cluster Detection
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CDC’s BioSense system provides near-real time situational awareness for public health monitoring through analysis of electronic health data. Determination of anomalous spatial and temporal disease clusters is a crucial part of… read more -
Performance Characteristics of Control Chart Detection Methods
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To recognize outbreaks so that early interventions can be applied, BioSense uses a modification of the EARS C2 method, stratifying days used to calculate the expected value by weekend vs weekday, and including a rate-based method… read more -
Comparison of Regression Models with Modified Time Series Methods for BioSurveillance
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To compare regression models with the modified C2 algorithm for analysis of time series data and real time outbreak detection.