Multiple Temporal Cluster Detection |
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Authors: | Nicolas Molinari ,Chistophe Bonaldi,Jean-Pierre Dauré s |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Biostatistique, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique, Montpellier, France. molinari@helios.ensam.inra.fr |
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Abstract: | This article proposes a simple method to determine single or multiple temporal clustering on a variable size population. By a transformation of the data set, the method based on a regression model allows consideration of a variable population size during the time of study. A model selection procedure and a resampling method are used to select the number of clusters. The results have applications in epidemiological studies of rare diseases. |
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Keywords: | Model selection Nearest neighbor Regression method Resampling method |
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