cluster candidates, is widely used in spatial cluster detection. As the likelihood ratio statistic is only a special case in … the cluster detection are derived. It is found that in the absence of independent variables, the asymptotic null … studies, it is found that the three test statistics are almost equally powerful for cluster detection. …

applied to moving windows of variable size in cluster detection. This Semiparametric cluster detection method requiresneither …, the Semiparametric cluster detection method and its competitor, Kulldorff's scan statistics method, both achieve similar … cluster.The Semiparametric method potential in cluster detection is illustrated using a North Humberside childhood leukemia …

cluster detection, the simple circular scan statistic is attractive across the board choice. If the emphasis is on the …