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Table 3 PPV (%) 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

65.2

22.7

10.4

93.9

85.0

37.4

38.1

36.4

All <15 m - river

62.3

21.4

9.9

87.7

79.4

35.0

35.7

34.1

All <15 m - road

55.1

19.6

8.9

79.8

72.2

31.8

32.3

31.2

All <15 m - river/road

52.2

18.3

8.3

73.6

66.7

29.3

29.9

28.9

All <15 m - river/road/ditch

49.3

16.5

7.5

66.9

60.6

26.7

26.9

26.3

All <15 m - river/ditch

59.4

18.9

8.8

78.5

71.1

31.3

31.6

30.6

Shared fence

52.2

18.4

8.4

74.8

67.8

29.8

31.3

29.8

Shared fence - river

50.7

17.8

8.1

72.4

65.6

28.9

29.9

28.6

 

Shared fence - river/ditch

49.3

16.2

7.4

66.3

60.0

26.4

27.2

26.3

Ayrshire

         

Gold standard

All <15 m

56.7

17.2

7.4

96.1

80.4

32.0

41.2

39.1

All <15 m - river

53.2

15.8

6.8

89.0

74.4

29.6

38.0

36.1

All <15 m - road

48.3

15.0

6.4

82.9

69.3

27.5

36.5

34.6

All <15 m - river/road

44.8

13.6

5.9

75.7

63.3

25.2

33.3

31.6

All <15 m - river/road/ditch

43.8

12.4

5.3

68.5

57.3

22.8

30.4

28.5

All <15 m - river/ditch

52.2

14.5

6.3

81.5

68.1

27.1

35.2

33.1

Shared fence

46.3

14.1

6.0

78.2

65.4

26.0

33.5

31.9

Shared fence - river

44.3

13.1

5.7

73.5

61.4

24.4

31.8

30.2

Shared fence - river/ditch

43.3

12.0

5.2

66.9

55.9

22.2

29.3

27.5