Applications of Extreme Value Theory in Public Health.

Applications of Extreme Value Theory in Public Health.

We present how Extreme Value Theory (EVT) can be used in public health to predict future extreme events.We applied EVT to weekly rates of Pneumonia and Influenza (P&I) deaths over 1979-2011. We further explored the daily number of emergency department visits in a network of 37 hospitals over 200...

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Main Authors: Maud Thomas, Magali Lemaitre, Mark L Wilson, Cécile Viboud, Youri Yordanov, Hans Wackernagel, Fabrice Carrat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4946775?pdf=render

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