Parameter identifiability and model selection in capture-recapture models: A numerical approach

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-325

  Viallefont, Anne ^a,c   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^a   Reboulet, Anne Marie ^a   Gory, Gerard ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Museum Hist Naturelle Prehistoire   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

AIC; Apus apus; Capture mark recapture; Hessian matrix; Identifiability; Numerical rank

Indexed keywords

MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AIC; API API; CAPTURE-MARK-RECAPTURE; CAPTURE-RECAPTURE MODELS; HESSIAN MATRICES; IDENTIFIABILITY; MODEL SELECTION; NUMERICAL RANK; PARAMETER IDENTIFIABILITY; PARAMETER MODEL;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

EID: 0032380553     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(199807)40:3<313::AID-BIMJ313>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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