Scan Statistics: Methods and Applications (Statistics for Industry and Technology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0817647481 ISBN 13: 9780817647483

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2009

Synopsis

Scan statistics is currently one of the most active and important areas of research in applied probability and statistics, having applications to a wide variety of fields: archaeology, astronomy, bioinformatics, biosurveillance, molecular biology, genetics, computer science, electrical engineering, geography, material sciences, physics, reconnaissance, reliability and quality control, telecommunication, and epidemiology.

Filling a gap in the literature, this self-contained volume brings together a collection of selected chapters illustrating the depth and diversity of theory, methods and applications in the area of scan statistics. The chapters are written by leading experts in the field of scan statistics. Key features include many current results and new directions for future research; challenging theoretical methodological research problems; presentation 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.

Scan Statistics is an excellent reference for graduate students and researchers in applied probability and statistics, as well as for scientists in biology, computer science, pharmaceutical science, medicine, geography, quality control, communications, and epidemiology. The work may also be used as a textbook for a graduate-level seminar on scan statistics.

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Scan statistics is currently one of the most active and important areas of research in applied probability and statistics, having applications to a wide variety of fields: archaeology, astronomy, bioinformatics, biosurveillance, molecular biology, genetics, computer science, electrical engineering, geography, material sciences, physics, reconnaissance, reliability and quality control, telecommunication, and epidemiology.

Filling a gap in the literature, this self-contained volume brings together a collection of selected chapters illustrating the depth and diversity of theory, methods and applications in the area of scan statistics.

Key features:

* Chapters are written by leading experts in the field.

* Features many current results and highlights new directions for future research.

* Includes challenging theoretical methodological research problems.

* Presentation is accessible to statisticians as well as to scientists from other disciplines where scan statistics are employed.

* Real-world applications to areas such as bioinformatics and biosurveillance are emphasized.

* Contains extensive references to research articles, books, and relevant computer software.

 

Scan Statistics is an excellent reference for graduate students and researchers in applied probability and statistics, as well as for scientists in biology, computer science, pharmaceutical science, medicine, geography, quality control, communications, and epidemiology. The work may also be used as a textbook for a graduate-level seminar on scan statistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817647481
• ISBN 13: 9780817647483
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 422
• Editor: Glaz Joseph, Pozdnyakov Vladimir, Wallenstein Sylvan