Model-Based Geostatistics for Global Public Health: Methods and Applications

ISBN-13: 9781138732353 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 248 str.

Peter J. Diggle; Emanuele Giorgi

Opis

State-of-the-art methods in model-based geostatistics (MBG) and its application to problems in global public health. Scientific objective is to describe the pattern of spatial variation in a health outcome using explicit probability models and established principles of statistical inference.

Spis treści

Introduction. Regression modelling for spatially referenced data. Theory. Linear models. Generalized linear models. Geostatistical design. Preferential sampling. Zero-inflation. More complex problems. Appendix.