Scan statistics is currently one of the most active and important areas of research in applied probability and statistics. It has direct applications to a wide variety of fields, inlcuding astronomy, bioinformatics, biosurveillance, biological sciences, computer science, geography, medical and pharmaceutical sciences, quality control, reliability theory, spatial statistics, communications, ecology, and epidemiology. Filling a gap in the literature, this self-contained volume brings together a collection of selected chapters that cover current topics of research on the theory, methods, and applications of scan statistics. The chapters are written by leading experts in the field. Key features include a presentation, which is accessible to both statisticians and scientists from other disciplines where scan statistics are employed; emphasis on real-world applications to areas such as bioinformatics and biosurveillance; and extensive references to research articles, books, and relevant computer software. Presentation is accessible to statisticians as well as to scientists from other disciplines where scan statistics are employed, including applied probability, biology, computer science, pharmaceutical science, medicine, geography, quality control, communications, ecology, and epidemiology Emphasis is on real-world applications to areas such as bioinformatics and biosurveillance INDICE: From the contents Preface.- List of Contributors.- Joseph I. Naus—Lifetime Contributions to the Area of Scan Statistics.- Applications of Scan Statistics to Reliability and Quality Control.- Variable Window Scan Statistics.- Scan Statistics and Applications to Biosurveillance.- Scan Statistics and Applications to Bioinformatics.- Algorithms for Approximating the Distribution of Two-Dimensional Scan Statistics.- Applications of Scan Statistics in Epidemiology.- Spatial Scan Statistics and Applications to Epidemiology and Biosurveillance.- Two-Dimensional Scan Statistics.- Scan-type Statistics and Applications.- Algorithms for Spatial Scan Statistics.- Spatial Scan Statistics and Applications in Ecology.- Martingale Methods for Scan Statistics.- Scan Statistics on Graphs with Applications to Social Networks.- Scan-type Statistics with Applications to Bioinformatics.- Analysis of Protein and DNA Sequences.- Scan Statistics with Applications to the Analysis of DNA Sequences.
- ISBN: 978-0-8176-4748-3
- Editorial: Birkhaüser
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 455
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés