Second-order analysis of space-time clustering

Stat Methods Med Res. 1995 Jun;4(2):124-36. doi: 10.1177/096228029500400203.

Abstract

We consider the problem of detecting and describing space-time interaction in point process data. We extend existing second-order methods for purely spatial point process data to the spatial-temporal setting. This extension allows us to estimate space-time interaction as a function of spatial and temporal separation, and provides a useful reinterpretation of a popular test, due to Knox, for space-time interaction. Applications to simulated and real data indicate the method's potential.

MeSH terms

  • Cluster Analysis*
  • Data Collection
  • Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data
  • Epidemiologic Methods*
  • Humans
  • Models, Statistical
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Risk Factors