Scan Statistics and Applications (Statistics for Industry and Technology)

Book Description:

Scan statistics are used in many areas of science and technology to analyze the occurrence of observed clusters of events in time and space. The goal is to determine whether an observed cluster of events occurred by chance if it is assumed that the observed events follow a specified probability model.

"Scan Statistics" is a comprehensive, edited survey that brings together the work of leading authorities to present the most current advances in theory and methodology for this new area of statistical research and application. The chapters contain broad coverage of theory and new analytical and computational methods and techniques in four categories: introductory survey, discrete scan statistics, continuous scan statistics, and applications.

Features and Topics:

Comprehensive introductory survey chapter
Discrete scan statistics
Finite Monte Carlo chain imbedding
Continuous scan statistics
Spatial scan statistics
Applications in DNA sequence analysis
Monte Carlo approaches to testing order statistics and spacing

The book is a valuable resource and state-of-the-art reference for all practitioners, researchers, and professionals in applied probability and statistics who use scan statistics in their work.

Series: Statistics for Industry and Technology