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In statistics, a scan statistic or window statistic is a problem relating to the clustering of randomly positioned points. An example of a typical problem is the maximum size of cluster of points on a line or the longest series of successes recorded by a moving window of fixed length.^[1]

Joseph Naus first published on the problem in the 1960s, and has been called the "father of the scan statistic" in honour of his early contributions.^[2] The results can be applied in epidemiology, public health and astronomy to find unusual clusters of events.^[3]

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 In [[statistics]], a '''scan statistic''' or '''window statistic''' is a problem relating to the clustering of randomly positioned points. An example of a typical problem is the maximum size of cluster of points on a line or the longest series of successes recorded by a moving window of fixed length.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1080/01621459.1982.10477783}}</ref>
-[[Joseph Naus]] first published on the problem in the 1960s, and has been called the "father of the scan statistic" in honour of his early contributions.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/978-0-8176-4749-0_1}}</ref>
+[[Joseph Naus]] first published on the problem in the 1960s, and has been called the "father of the scan statistic" in honour of his early contributions.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/978-0-8176-4749-0_1}}</ref> The results can be applied in [[epidemiology]], [[public health]] and [[astronomy]] to find unusual clusters of events.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/978-1-4757-3460-7_1}}</ref>
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