Scan Statistics and Applications

Preface Contributors List of Tables List of Figures Part I. Introduction and Preliminaries Introduction to Scan Statistics \ Joseph Glaz and N. Balakrishnan Part II. Discrete Scan Statistics Approximations for the Distribution and the Moments of Discrete Scan Statistics \ Jie Chen and Joseph Glaz Ratchet Scan adn Disjoint Statistics \ Joachim Krauth Scanning Multiple Sequences \ Joseph I. Naus Part III. Continuous Scan Statistics Approximations of the Distributions of Scan Statistics of Poisson Processes \ Sve Erick Alm An Approach to Computations Involving Spacings With Applications to the Scan Statistic \ Fred W. Huffer and Chien-Tai Lin Using Moments to Approximate the Distribution of the Scan Statistic \ Fred W. Huffer and Chien-Tai Lin Applying Ballot Problem Results to Compute Probabilities Required for a Generalization of the Scan Statistic \ Sylvan Wallenstein Scan Statistic and Multiple Scan Statistic \ Chien-Tai Lin On Poisson Approximation for Continuous Multiple Scan Statistics in Two Dimensions \ Marianne Månsson Part IV. Applications A Start-Up Demonstration Test Using a Simple Scan-Based Statistic \ Markos V. Koutras and N. Balakrishnan Applications of the Scan Statistic in DNA Sequence Analysis \ Ming-Ying Leung and Traci E. Yamashita On the Probability of Pattern Matching in Nonaligned DNA Sequences: A Finite Markov Chain Imbedding Approach \ James C. Fu, W.Y. Wendy Lou, and S.C. Chen Spacial Scan Statistics: Models, Calculations, and Applications \ Martin Kulldorff Index