Optimal sampling and problematic likelihood functions in a simple population model

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 759-767

  Pagendam, D E ^a   Pollett, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth death process; Markov chain; Optimal design; Population model; Sampling

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINERY; MARKOV CHAINS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BIRTH-DEATH PROCESS; CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV CHAIN; FISHER'S INFORMATION; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; POPULATION MODEL; STOCHASTIC OPTIMISATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIRTH RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROWTH RATE; MARKOV CHAIN; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING;

EID: 77956443405     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-008-9159-1     Document Type: Article

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