Nonparametric Estimation of the Probability of Discovering a New Species

DOI10.2307/2289168zbMath0612.62060OpenAlexW4243796181MaRDI QIDQ3753292

Edward W. Frees, Murray K. Clayton

Publication date: 1987

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2289168

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo studyasymptotic propertiesnonparametric maximum likelihood estimatorU statisticsasymptotically normalasymptotically unbiaseduniformly minimum variance unbiasedprobability of discovering a new speciesStarr's conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Nonparametric estimation (62G05)

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