Provides a coherent and comprehensive account of the theory and practice of real-time human disease outbreak detection, explicitly recognizing the revolution in practices of infection control and public health surveillance.

• Reviews the current mathematical, statistical, and computer science systems for early detection of disease outbreaks
• Provides extensive coverage of existing surveillance data
• Discusses experimental methods for data measurement and evaluation
• Addresses engineering and practical implementation of effective early detection systems
• Includes real case studies