Table 1 Parameters that can be altered when creating a single cluster.
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Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Cluster ID Number | User specified reference or identification number for each cluster |
Number of Points in the cluster | Number of patients or points in the generated cluster. |
"Reference Point" GIS Location | The latitude-longitude coordinates of a reference point, which could be a hospital or a primary care facility, for example. |
Maximum cluster radius | The distance between the outermost point in the cluster and the center of the cluster. |
"Angle" from the reference point | The angle of the cluster measured counter-clockwise from due east of the reference point as zero degrees, using unit circle convention. |
Distance from the reference point | The distance between the center point of the cluster and the reference point. |
Numbers of Days the Cluster should span | The number of days from when the first person shows symptoms to when the last person does. |
Date Algorithm | This specifies which of the three models of temporal progression to use. Additional models can be incorporated into the software. |
Description and output filenames | The user can specify where the cluster data and user-specified cluster description will be written. |