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Table 6 Average results of the best performing methods prior to and after optimization

From: Developing a system that can automatically detect health changes using transfer times of older adults

	TCRA^a		ERSRA^b
	Initial parameters	Optimized parameters	Initial parameters	Optimized parameters
	k = 0.5	k = 0.42	λ= 0.15	λ= 0.18
	h = 3	h = 2.08	L = 3	L = 2
ARL^c	13.58	11.07	12.67	9.65
DR^d	97.50	98.33	99.17	100
FPR^e	0.06	0.08	0.10	0.18

Notes
^aTabular CUSUM with a reinitialization
after three consecutive alarm days
^bEWMA with rational subgroups and a reinitialization
after three consecutive alarm days
^cAverage Run Length
^dDetection Rate
^eAverage number of false alarms per week

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