Statistical Detection and Surveillance of Geographic Clusters

by Peter Rogerson, Ikuho Yamada

Overview

The widespread popularity of geographic information systems (GIS) has led to new insights in countless areas of application. It has facilitated not only the collection and storage of geographic data, but also the display of such data. Building on this progress by using an integrated approach, Statistical Detection and Monitoring of Geographic Clust

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040172575
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/24/2008
Series:	Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	324
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Peter Rogerson, Ikuho Yamada

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview. Introductory Spatial Statistics: Description and Inference. Global Statistics. Local Statistics. Tests for the Detection of Clustering, Including Scan Statistics. Retrospective Detection of Changing Spatial Patterns. Introduction to Statistical Process Control and Nonspatial Cumulative Sum Methods of Surveillance. Spatial Surveillance and the Monitoring of Global Statistics. Cusum Charts for Local Statistics and for the Simultaneous Monitoring of Many Regions. More Approaches to the Statistical Surveillance of Geographic Clustering. Summary: Associated Tests for Cluster Detection and Surveillance.