Applications: Estimating the Probability of a Shark Attack when Using an Electric Repellent

South African Statistical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-78

  Smit, C F ^a   Peddemors, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Carcharodon carcharias; Electrical repulsion; Great white; Jackknife; Number of approaches; Point and interval estimation; Shark; SharkPOD; Standard error of estimate; Time to attack; Type I censoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344118889     PISSN: 0038271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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