Bayesian capture-recapture methods for error detection and estimation of population size: Heterogeneity and dependence

Biometrika

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 269-279

  Basu, Sanjib ^a   Ebrahimi, Nader ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Closed population estimation; Gibbs sampling; Software review; Variable capture probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000073382     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/88.1.269     Document Type: Article

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