Enhancing Time-Series Detection Algorithms for Automated Biosurveillance
Jerome I. Tokars

, Howard Burkom, Jian Xing, Roseanne English, Steven Bloom, Kenneth Cox, and Julie A. Pavlin
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.I. Tokars, J. Xing, R. English); The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (H. Burkom); Science Applications Incorporated, San Diego, California, USA (S. Bloom); Department of Defense, Washington, DC, USA (K. Cox); Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand (J.A. Pavlin)
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Table 2
Mean absolute residual, by method and dataset, for selected BioSense data used in algorithm modification study*
Stratification of baseline by weekday vs. weekend |
Mean absolute residual
|
Department of Defense
|
|
Hospital emergency department
|
Count |
Rate |
Count |
Rate |
Unstratified |
4.2 |
2.4 |
|
2.2 |
2.0 |
Stratified |
2.4 |
2.2 |
|
2.3 |
2.0 |
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