Applications and Comparisons of Four Time Series Models in Epidemiological Surveillance Data

Xingyu Zhang; Tao Zhang; Alistair A. Young; Xiaosong Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088075

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Applications and Comparisons of Four Time Series Models in Epidemiological Surveillance Data

Xingyu Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xingyu Zhang, Tao Zhang

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistis, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China, Department of Anatomy with Radiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Tao Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xingyu Zhang, Tao Zhang

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistis, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China
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Alistair A. Young,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy with Radiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Xiaosong Li

* E-mail: lixiaosong1101@126.com

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistis, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China
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Applications and Comparisons of Four Time Series Models in Epidemiological Surveillance Data

Xingyu Zhang,
Tao Zhang,
Alistair A. Young,
Xiaosong Li

Published: February 5, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088075

About the Authors

Xingyu Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xingyu Zhang, Tao Zhang

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistis, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China, Department of Anatomy with Radiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Tao Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xingyu Zhang, Tao Zhang

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistis, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Alistair A. Young

Affiliation Department of Anatomy with Radiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Xiaosong Li

* E-mail: lixiaosong1101@126.com

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistis, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ. Performed the experiments: XZ TZ. Analyzed the data: XZ TZ XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ XL. Wrote the paper: XZ TZ AY XL.

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