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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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462
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
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| Abstract - #303402 |
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Title:
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Objective Bayesian Analysis for a Capture-recapture Model
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Author(s):
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Chang Xu*+ and Dongchu Sun
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Companies:
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University of Missouri and University of Missouri
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Address:
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22 Broadway Village Dr, Columbia, MO, 65201,
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Keywords:
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Objective ;
Bayesian ;
Capture-recapture ;
Reference ;
Prior
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Abstract:
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In this paper we study a special capture-recapture model using objective Bayesian methods. The difficulty is to find a justified objective prior for the unknown population size N. We develop the reference prior for the discrete parameter N and capture probabilities. Simulation studies are conducted and the results show that the reference prior has advantages over ad-hoc non-informative priors. In the end, the analysis for a real data example is presented.
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