Bayesian methods for estimation of the size of a closed population

Biometrika

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-31

  Madigan, David ^a   York, Jeremy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian graphical model; Capture recapture; Chordal graph; Closed population estimation; Contingency table; Decomposable log linear model; Markov distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002694916     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/84.1.19     Document Type: Article

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