Detection of arbitrarily-shaped clusters using a neighbor-expanding approach: A case study on murine typhus in South Texas

Table 2 The comparison between the MLF method, NNG method, SA method, Tango's FlexScan method and Kulldorff's SaTScan method using the synthesized data

Clusters		Observed #	Expected #	LLR	p-value
	MLF	95	41.646	27.396	0.001
Compact shape	NNG	95	41.646	27.396	0.001
	SA	95	41.464	27.396	0.001
	FlexScan	95	41.646	27.396	0.001
	SaTScan	95	41.646	27.396	0.001
	MLF	90	39.273	26.083	0.001
	NNG	90	39.273	26.083	0.001
Ring shape	SA	90	39.273	26.083	0.001
	FlexScan	32	15.273	7.165	0.836
	SaTScan	128	80.730	13.756	0.001
	MLF	50	21.010	15.069	0.001
	NNG	50	21.010	15.069	0.001
Long shape	SA	50	21.010	15.069	0.001
	FlexScan	30	12.606	8.866	0.432
	SaTScan	28	16.810	3.202	0.993
	MLF	115	51.343	32.513	0.001
	NNG	115	51.343	32.513	0.001
Extreme shape	SA	115	51.343	32.513	0.001
	FlexScan	65	29.020	17.477	0.003
		45	20.091	11.877	0.081
	SaTScan	86	49.110	12.425	0.001
		35	15.630	9.143	0.024
	MLF	70	30.970	19.367	0.001
		35	15.485	9.343	0.016
	NNG	70	30.970	19.367	0.001
		35	15.485	9.343	0.016
Two-cluster	SA	70	30.970	19.367	0.001
		35	15.485	9.343	0.016
	FlexScan	70	30.970	19.367	0.001
		25	11.061	6.599	0.954
	SaTScan	78	39.820	15.470	0.001
		28	17.700	2.627	0.998

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