dcluster {DCluster}

Class for Results from a Test for the Detection of Disease Clusters

Description

Class 'dcluster' is used to store the main information when a (boostrap) test is performed to detect clusters of disease. Essentially, this class has the same structure and contents as class 'boot' (see in package 'boot') plus some additional information on the test performed.

Additional functions to plot and summarise the results of the test are supplied as well.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'dcluster'
plot(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'dcluster'
print(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'dcluster'
summary(object, ...)

Arguments

x

A 'dcluster' object.

object

A 'dcluster' object.

...

Any other additional arguments needed (for example, to pass additional arguments to the plot function).

Value

These functions do not return anything but produce some plots or print asummary of the test.