Publisher's Synopsis
Provides a coherent and comprehensive account of the theory and practice of real-time human disease outbreak detection, explicitly recognizing the revolution in practices of infection control and public health surveillance. *Reviews the current mathematical, statistical, and computer science systems for early detection of disease outbreaks *Provides extensive coverage of existing surveillance data *Discusses experimental methods for data measurement and evaluation *Addresses engineering and practical implementation of effective early detection systems *Includes real case studies.
