Modeling Baseline Shifts in Multivariate Disease Outbreak Detection

Authors

  • Jialan Que University of Pittsburgh
  • Fu-Chiang Tsui University of Pittsburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4571

Abstract

Current outbreak detection algorithms monitoring single data stream may be prone to false alarms due to baseline shifts that could be caused by large local events such as festivals or super bowl games. In this paper, we propose a Multinomial-Generalized-Dirichlet (MGD) model to improve a previously developed spatial clustering algorithm, MRSC, by modeling baseline shifts. Our study results show that MGD had better ROC and AMOC curves when baseline shifts were introduced. We conclude that MGD can be added to outbreak detection systems to reduce false alarms due to baseline shifts.

Author Biography

Jialan Que, University of Pittsburgh

Jialan Que Data Mining Researcher, 2012-present, McAfee Inc. PhD, 2005-2012, Intelligent Systems Program, University of Pittsburgh.

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Published

2013-03-24

How to Cite

Que, J., & Tsui, F.-C. (2013). Modeling Baseline Shifts in Multivariate Disease Outbreak Detection. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4571

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Oral Presentations: Analytical Methods - Bayesian