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Activity Number:
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611
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 6, 2009 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
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| Abstract - #305018 |
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Title:
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Estimation of a Population Size from Capture-Mark-Recapture Data: a Comparison and Analysis of Various Estimators and Methods - Part Two
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Author(s):
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Xing Yang*+
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Companies:
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University of Louisiana-Lafayette
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Address:
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P.O. Box 4403, Lafayette, LA, 70504,
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Keywords:
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Bayes ; Bias ; MSE ; Coverage Probability ; Parametric bootstrap
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Abstract:
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This paper deals with estimation of a population size from capture-mark-recapture data that may give rises to hypergeometric distribution. We describe a few popular point estimators available in the literature, and propose our empirical Bayes estimator and parametric bootstrap estimator. Then the recommendation of application of these estimators for point as well as interval estimation will be provided after observation of their performances based on relative bias, relative mean squared error, coverage probability and average length. Further we discuss the well-known Jolly-Seber method and pointed out why it is not suitable for our individual tagging data set of a green treefrog population. This paper is the extension of our previous work.
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