Table 2 Comparison of disease clusters identified by EigenSpot. Novel Multi-EigenSpot (proposed), SaTScan, and DBSCAN.

From: Novel Eigen space method for multiple Spatiotemporal rare diseases clusters detection: a case study of waterborne disease

Approaches

Identified Spatiotemporal cluster/detected Spatiotemporal hotspots

EigneSpot

Tank (Jul)

Novel Multi-EigenSpot (Proposed)

Bannu (May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov), Charsadda (May, Sep and Nov), Dir Lowe (May, July, Sep, Oct and Nov), Khyber (July, Aug and Sep), Tor Ghar (May, Jul, Aug, Oct and Nov) and Tank (Jul and Aug)

SatScan

Bannu (Feb and Mar) and Charsadda (Nov and Dec)

DBSCAN

Bannu (May, Jul, Sep, Oct and Nov), Charsadda (May, Jul, Nov and Dec), Khyber (July, Aug and Sep), Tor Ghar (May, Jul, Oct and Nov) and Tank (May and Jul)

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