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Table 2 Sensitivity (%) of approximation methods versus map-based measures for sample areas in Aberdeenshire and Ayrshire

From: The performance of approximations of farm contiguity compared to contiguity defined using detailed geographical information in two sample areas in Scotland: implications for foot-and-mouth disease modelling

  

Current method

  

All premises <1 km point distance

All premises <3 km point distance

All premises <5 km point distance

All premises <26 m field distance

All premises <151 m field distance

All premises <1 km field distance

By Voronoi tessellation

By area weighted tessellation

Aberdeenshire

         

Gold standard

All <15 m

29.4

90.8

94.8

100.0

100.0

100.0

73.2

82.4

All <15 m - river

30.1

91.6

95.8

100.0

100.0

100.0

73.4

82.5

All <15 m - road

29.2

92.3

94.6

100.0

100.0

100.0

73.1

83.1

All <15 m - river/road

30.0

93.3

95.8

100.0

100.0

100.0

73.3

83.3

All <15 m - river/road/ditch

31.2

92.7

95.4

100.0

100.0

100.0

72.5

83.5

All <15 m - river/ditch

32.0

90.6

95.3

100.0

100.0

100.0

72.7

82.8

Shared fence

29.5

92.6

95.9

100.0

100.0

100.0

75.4

84.4

Shared fence - river

29.7

92.4

95.8

100.0

100.0

100.0

74.6

83.9

 

Shared fence - river/ditch

31.5

91.7

95.4

100.0

100.0

100.0

74.1

84.3

Ayrshire

         

Gold standard

All <15 m

32.8

87.1

95.7

100.0

100.0

100.0

62.6

67.2

All <15 m - river

33.2

86.3

95.7

100.0

100.0

100.0

62.4

67.1

All <15 m - road

32.3

88.3

96.7

100.0

100.0

100.0

64.3

69.0

All <15 m - river/road

32.8

87.6

96.7

100.0

100.0

100.0

64.2

69.0

All <15 m - river/road/ditch

35.5

87.9

96.8

100.0

100.0

100.0

64.9

69.0

All <15 m - river/ditch

35.6

86.8

95.9

100.0

100.0

100.0

63.1

67.1

Shared fence

32.9

87.6

96.5

100.0

100.0

100.0

62.5

67.5

Shared fence - river

33.5

87.2

96.6

100.0

100.0

100.0

63.2

68.0

Shared fence - river/ditch

36.0

87.6

96.7

100.0

100.0

100.0

64.0

68.2