Estimating population size from a removal experiment

DOI10.1016/0167-7152(93)90157-EzbMath0783.62098OpenAlexW1987722826MaRDI QIDQ1209465

Daniel Y. T. Fong, Paul S. F. Yip

Publication date: 16 May 1993

Published in: Statistics \& Probability Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-7152(93)90157-e

zbMATH Keywords

existencemaximum likelihood estimatorsimulation studygoodness of fit testunimodalityhomogeneous mixing assumptionremoval experimentremoval probabilitiessize of a closed populationtime dependent capture probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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