Shape and scale in detecting disease clusters

This dissertation offers a new cluster detection method. This method looks at the cluster detection problem from a new perspective. I change the question of "What do real clusters look like?" to the question of "What do spurious clusters look like?" and "How do spurious clus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mazumdar, Soumya
Other Authors: Rushton, Gerard
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2008
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/208
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1393&context=etd