About Us

Publications and Abstracts

Many of these articles reference products created at BioMedware and now distributed by our commercialization partner, TerraSeer. If you would like to receive a reprint of one of these articles, note the title and email a reprint request to LJacquez@BioMedware.com.

Goovaerts, P., AvRuskin, G., Meliker, J., Slotnick, M., Jacquez, G.M. and J. Nriagu. 2005. Geostatistical modeling of the spatial variability of arsenic in groundwater of Southeast Michigan. Water resources Research, 41(7), W07013 10.1029.

Caeiro, S., Costa, M.H., Goovaerts, P. and F. Martins. 2005. Benthic biotope index for classifying habitats in the Sado Estuary, Portugal. Marine Environmental Research, 60: 570-593.

Jacquez, G.M., Kaufmann, A., Meliker, J., Goovaerts, P., AvRuskin, G. and J. Nriagu. 2005. Case-control clustering for residential histories. Environmental Health, 4:4.

Siska, P. and P. Goovaerts (2005). Predicting ordinary kriging errors caused by surface roughness and dissectivity.Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 30(6): 601-612.

Goovaerts, P., Jacquez, G.M., and W.A. Marcus. 2005. Geostatistical and local cluster analysis of high resolution hyperspectral imagery for detection of anomalies. Remote Sensing of the Environment 95: 351-367.

Goovaerts, P., Jacquez, G.M., and D.A. Greiling. 2005. Exploring scale-dependent correlations between cancer mortality rates using factorial kriging and population-weighted semivariograms. Geographical Analysis 37:152-182.

Jacquez, G.M., P. Goovaerts, and P. Rogerson. 2005. Space-Time Intelligence Systems: Technology, applications, and methods. Journal of Geographical Systems 7: 1-5.

Goovaerts, P. and G.M. Jacquez. 2005. Detection of temporal changes in the spatial distribution of cancer rates using local Moran’s I and geostatistically simulated spatial neutral models. Journal of Geographical Systems 7: 137-159.

Saito, H., S.A. McKenna, and P. Goovaerts. 2005. Accounting for geophysical information in geostatistical characterization of unexploded ordnance (UXO) sites. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 12, 7–25, 2005

Jacquez, G.M., D.A. Greiling, and A.M. Kaufmann. 2005. Design and implementation of a Space-Time Intelligence System for disease surveillance. J. Geograph Syst 7: 7-23.

AvRuskin, G.A., G.M. Jacquez, J.R. Meliker, M.J. Slotnick, A.M. Kaufmann, and J.O. Nriagu. 2004. Visualization and exploratory analysis of epidemiologic data using a novel space time information system. International Journal of Health Geographics 2004, 3:26.

Jacquez, G.M. 2004. Current practices in the spatial analysis of cancer: flies in the ointment. International Journal of Health Geographics 3:22.

Goovaerts, P. and G.M. Jacquez. 2004. Accounting for regional background and population size in the detection of spatial clusters and outliers using geostatistical filtering and spatial neutral models: the case of lung cancer in Long Island, New York. International Journal of Health Geographics 3:14.

Goovaerts, P., G. AvRuskin, J. Meliker, M. Slotnick, G.M. Jacquez, J. Nriagu. 2004. Modeling uncertainty about pollutant concentration and human exposure using geostatistics and a space-time information system: Application to arsenic in groundwater of Southeast Michigan. In Accuracy 2004: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.

Jacquez, G. M., G. AvRuskin, E. Do, H. Durbeck, D. A. Greiling, P. Goovaerts, A. Kaufmann, and B. Rommel. 2004. Complex Systems Analysis using Space-Time Information Systems and Model Transition Sensitivity Analysis. In Accuracy 2004: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.

French, N.H., P. Goovaerts, and E.S. Kasischke. 2004. Uncertainty in estimating carbon emissions from boreal forest fires. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109: D14S08.

Barabas, N., P. Adriaens, and P. Goovaerts. 2004. Modified polytopic vector analysis to identify and quantify a dioxin dechlorination signature in sediments. 1. Theory . Environmental Science & Technology 36: 1813-20.

Barabas, N., P. Goovaerts, and P. Adriaens. 2004. Modified polytopic vector analysis to identify and quantify a dioxin dechlorination signature in sediments. 2. Application to the Passaic River. Environmental Science & Technology 38: 1821-27.

Lemke, L.D., L.M. Abriola, and P. Goovaerts. 2004. Dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) source zone characterization: Influence of hydraulic property correlation on predictions of DNAPL infiltration and entrapment . Water Resources Research 40.

Goovaerts, P., Warner, A., Crabtree, B., Marcus, A. and G. Jacquez. 2003. Detection of local anomalies in high resolution hyperspectral imagery using geostatistical filtering and local spatial statistics. Proceedings of IEEE workshop on Advances in Techniques for Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data, NASA Goddard Visitor Center, Greenbelt MD, October 27-28, 2003.

Caeiro, S., M. Painho, P Goovaerts, H. Costa, & S. Sousa. 2003. Spatial sampling design for sediment quality assessment in estuaries. Environmental Modelling and Software 18: 853-9.

Caeiro, S., P Goovaerts, M. Painho, and M.H. Costa. 2003. Delineation of Estuarine Management Areas Using Multivariate Geostatistics: The Case of Sado Estuary. Environmental Science and Technology 37: 4052-9.

Saito, H. and P. Goovaerts. 2003. Selective remediation of contaminated sites using a two-level multiphase strategy and geostatistics . Environmental Science and Technology 37: 1912-8.

Jacquez, G.M. and D.A. Greiling. 2003. Geographic boundaries in breast, lung and colorectal cancers in relation to exposure to air toxics in Long Island, New York. International Journal of Health Geographics 2: 4.

Jacquez, G.M. and D.A. Greiling. 2003. Local clustering in breast, lung and colorectal cancer in Long Island, New York. International Journal of Health Geographics 2: 3.

Liebisch, N., G.M. Jacquez, P. Goovaerts, A. Kaufmann. 2002. New Methods to generate neutral images for spatial pattern recognition. Lecture notes in Computer Science 2478: 181-95. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Jacquez, J.A. and G.M. Jacquez. 2002. Fisher's randomization test and Darwin's data: a footnote to the history of statistics. Mathematical Biosciences 180: 23-8.

Koopman, J.S., S.E. Chick, C.S. Riolo, C.P. Simon, and G.M. Jacquez. 2002. Stochastic effects on endemic infection levels of disseminating versus local contacts. Mathematical Biosciences 180: 49-71.

Greiling, D.A. and N. Kichanan. 2002. Old-field seedling responses to insecticide, seed addition, and competition. Plant Ecology 159: 175-83.

Maruca, S.L. and G.M. Jacquez. 2002. Area-based tests for association between spatial patterns. J. Geograph Syst 4: 69-83.

Jacquez, G.M., W.A. Marcus, R.J. Aspinall, D.A. Greiling. 2002. Exposure assessment using high spatial resolution hyperspectral (HSRH) imagery. J. Geograph Syst 4: 1-14.

Fortin, M.-J., G.M. Jacquez, and B. Shipley. 2002. Computer intensive methods . Encyclopedia of Environmentrics. A.H. El-Shaarawi and W.W. Pie John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester.

Koopman, J.S., G. Jacquez, and S.E. Chick. 2001. New data and tools for integrating discrete and continuous modeling strategies. In Population Health and Aging: Strengthening the Dialogue between Epidemiology and Demography. M. Weinstein, A.I. Hermalin, M.A. Soto, eds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 954: 268-94.

Hall, K.R., and S.L. Maruca. 2001. Mapping a forest mosaic: a comparison of vegetation and bird distributions using geographic boundary analysis . Plant Ecology 156: 105-20.

Prou, M. A.Long, M.Wilson, G.Jacquez, H.Wackernagel, F.Carrat. 2001. Exploratory Temporal-Spatial Analysis of Influenza Epidemics in France, 1985-2000.

Jacquez, G.M. 2000. Spatial analysis in epidemiology: nascent science or a failure of GIS? Journal of Geographical Systems 2: 91-97.

Jacquez, G.M., S. L. Maruca, J.-M. Fortin. 2000. From fields to objects: a review of geographic boundary analysis. Journal of Geographical Systems 2: 221-241.

Jacquez, G.M., 1999. Spatial statistics when locations are uncertain, Geographic Information Sciences 5: 77-87.

Jacquez, G.M., S. L. Maruca, 1998. Geographic Boundary Detection In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (Eds. T. K. Poiker and N. Chrisman) Int. Geographical Union.

Jacquez, G.M., 1998 GIS as an Enabling Technology In GIS and Health (Eds. T. Gatrell and M. Loytonen), Taylor and Francis, London.

Jacquez, G.M., 1997. Medical Geography and Disease Clustering In 1997 McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, 297-299.

Fortin, M.-J., P. Drapeau, and G.M. Jacquez. 1996. Quantification of the spatial co-occurences of ecological boundaries. Oikos 77: 51-60.

Jacquez, G.M., L.A. Waller. 1996. The effect of uncertain locations on disease cluster statistics. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences May 21-23, 1996, Fort Collins, CO, 259-266.

Jacquez, G.M. 1996 A k-nearest test for space-time interaction. Statistics in Medicine 15: 1935-49.

Jacquez, G.M., R. Grimson, L. Kheifets, L. Waller, and D. Wartenberg. 1996. Introduction to the special issue on statistics and computing in disease clustering. Statistics in Medicine,15: 681-682.

Jacquez, G.M., 1996. Disease cluster tests for imprecise space-time locations. Statistics in Medicine,15: 873-885.

Oden, N. L., G.M. Jacquez, and R. Grimson. 1996. Realistic power simulations compare point and area-based disease cluster tests. Statistics in Medicine, 15: 783-806.

Jacquez, G.M. 1996. Statistical software for the clustering of health events. Statistics in Medicine, 15: 951-952 ( software description).

Jacquez, G.M., R. Grimson, L. Waller, and D. Wartenberg. 1996. The analysis of disease clusters Part 2: Introduction to techniques. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 17: 385-397.

Jacquez, G.M., L. Waller, R. Grimson, and D. Wartenberg, 1996. The analysis of disease clusters Part 1: State of the art. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 17: 319-127.

Jacquez G.M., 1995. The map comparison problem: Tests for the overlap of geographic boundaries. Statistics in Medicine, 14:2343-2361.

Waller L.A. and G.M. Jacquez, 1995. Disease models implicit in statistical tests of disease clustering. Epidemiology 6:584-590.

Jacquez, G.M. 1994 Cuzick and Edwards test when exact locations are unknown. American Journal of Epidemiology 140:58-64.

Jacquez, G.M. 1993. Introduction to the special issue on statistics and computing in disease clustering. Statistics in Medicine, 12:1751.

Jacquez, G.M. and L. Kheifets. 1993. Synthetic cancer variables and the construction of synthetic cancer risk maps. Statistics in Medicine, 12:1931-1942.

Sokal, R.R., G.M. Jacquez, N.L. Oden, D. DiGiovanni, A.B. Falsetti, E. McGee, B.A. Thomson. 1993. Genetic relationships of European populations reflect their ethnohistorical affinities. Am J Phys Anthropol 91:55-70.

Barbujani, G., G.M. Jacquez, L. Ligi. 1990. Diversity of some gene frequencies in European and Asian populations. V. Steep multilocus clines. Am J Hum Genet 47:867-75.

Sokal, R.R., G.M. Jacquez, M.C. Wooten, 1989. Spatial autocorrelation analysis of migration and selection. Genetics 121:845-55.