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A spatial scan statistic for zero-inflated Poisson process
Authors:André L F Cançado  Cibele Q da-Silva  Michel F da Silva
Institution:1. Statistics Department, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
Abstract:The scan statistic is widely used in spatial cluster detection applications of inhomogeneous Poisson processes. However, real data may present substantial departure from the underlying Poisson process. One of the possible departures has to do with zero excess. Some studies point out that when applied to data with excess zeros, the spatial scan statistic may produce biased inferences. In this work, we develop a closed-form scan statistic for cluster detection of spatial zero-inflated count data. We apply our methodology to simulated and real data. Our simulations revealed that the Scan-Poisson statistic steadily deteriorates as the number of zeros increases, producing biased inferences. On the other hand, our proposed Scan-ZIP and Scan-ZIP+EM statistics are, most of the time, either superior or comparable to the Scan-Poisson statistic.
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