Population size estimation based upon ratios of recapture probabilities

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 5, Issue 2 B, 2011, Pages 1512-1533

  Rocchetti, Irene ^a,b,c   Bunge, John ^a,b,c   Böhning, Dankmar ^a,b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chao bunge estimator; Katz distribution; Negative binomial distribution; Species problem; Weighted linear regression; Zero truncation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859237713     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/10-AOAS436     Document Type: Article

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