Applications of Information Theory to Epidemiology

• Tác giả: Gareth Hughes
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3036503165
• ISBN-13: 978-3036503172
• ISBN: books9783036503172
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 632.3015 Diseases
• Thông tin xuất bản: Basel, Switzerland : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (238 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 235427
• Chủ đề: 1. Biology, life sciences; 2. Research & information: general

Tóm tắt

• Applications of Information Theory to Epidemiology collects recent research findings on the analysis of diagnostic information and epidemic dynamics. • The collection includes an outstanding new review article by William Benish, providing both a historical overview and new insights. • In research articles, disease diagnosis and disease dynamics are viewed from both clinical medicine and plant pathology perspectives. Both theory and applications are discussed. • New theory is presented, particularly in the area of diagnostic decision-making taking account of predictive values, via developments of the predictive receiver operating characteristic curve. • New applications of information theory to the analysis of observational studies of disease dynamics in both human and plant populations are presented.