Title | Fast Bayesian Classification for Disease Mapping and the Detection of Disease Clusters |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Molitor, J, Moraga, P, Gómez-Rubio, V |
Book Title | Quantitative Methods in Environmental and Climate Research |
Pagination | 1 - 27 |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
City | Cham |
ISBN Number | 978-3-030-01583-1 |
Abstract | We propose a framework fast method for detecting clusters of disease based on generalized spatial scan statistics set in the context of Bayesian Hierarchical Models. The approach models spatio-temporal clusters of disease as dummy variables as part of a Generalized Linear Mixed Model. |
DOI | 10.1007/978-3-030-01584-8_1 |