Applications of Information Theory to Epidemiology

• Autore: Hughes Gareth
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Biology, life sciences; Research & information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: Asiatic citrus canker; Atangana-Baleanu derivative; average mutual information; balance; Bayes' rule; binormal; Caputo derivative; Caputo-Fabrizio derivative; deployment; deterministic dynamics; diagnostic information; diagnostic test; direct assay; early detection; Ebola model; empirical; entropy; epidemic model; evaluation; expected mutual information; field diagnostic; Fisher scoring algorithm; forecast; HIV/AIDS epidemic; information theory; Jensen-Shannon divergence; latent class; leaf plot; likelihood ratio; multiple diagnostic tests; mutual information; n/a; negative predictive value; Newton-Raphson procedure; numerical results; observational study; positive predictive value; predictive ROC curve; prevalence; probability; PROC curve; PV-ROC curve; regression model; relative entropy; ROC curve; scent signature; selection bias; sensitivity; Shannon entropy; specificity; SS-ROC curve; SS/PV-ROC plot; stochastic processes; time series; transient behavior; urinary bladder cancer; vaccination and treatment intervention controls
• Persona (resp. second.): HughesGareth
• Sommario/riassunto: • 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Applications of Information Theory to Epidemiology
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557759303321
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