Spatial cluster detection using dynamic programming

Table 3 DP compared to SaTScan™ in terms of area under the ROC curve

Frequency range	Coverage	DP AUC	SaTScan™	(DP-SaTScan™) 95% confidence interval limits		p-value
Low	< 16%	0.95047	0.49570	0.41018	0.49936	< 0.0001
	16-34%	0.86260	0.46070	0.35816	0.44562	< 0.0001
	≥ 35%	0.97409	0.42947	0.50375	0.58549	< 0.0001
Mid	< 16%	0.96019	0.65946	0.26789	0.33356	< 0.0001
	16-34%	0.98246	0.85287	0.11099	0.14818	< 0.0001
	≥ 35%	1.00000	0.81147
High	< 16%	0.98468	0.82496	0.14089	0.17856	< 0.0001
	16-34%	0.99990	0.99490	0.00387	0.00611	< 0.0001
	≥ 35%	1.00000	0.94950

Comparison of the DP posteriors obtained from model averaging and SaTScan™ p-values in terms of ROC curves. The table shows the AUC for each algorithm, the lower and upper 95% confidence limits for the difference in areas (DP-SaTScan™) and the associated p-values

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