Estimating population size from capture-recapture studies via sample coverage and estimating functions

Communications in Statistics. Part C: Stochastic Models

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-35

  Yip, Paul ^a   Chad, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Estimating function; Martingale; Population estimation; Sample coverage; Weight function; Zero mean martingale (ZMM)

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE RECAPTURE METHOD; CONTINUOUS TIME; ESTIMATOR; MARTINGALE; WEIGHT FUNCTION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0030377005     PISSN: 08820287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15326349608807371     Document Type: Article

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