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A Contribution to the Theory Behind the M0 Capture-Recapture Model: An Improved Estimator

Methodology 2018-11-30 v3

Abstract

We explore the use of a sufficient statistic based on the identified members that are obtained for samples that are selected under the M0M_0 capture-recapture closed population model (Schwarz and Seber, 1999). A Rao-Blackwellized version of the estimator based on a sufficient statistic is then presented. We explore the efficiency of the improved estimator via a simulation study. The R code for the simulation is provided in the appendix.

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@article{arxiv.1212.1947,
  title  = {A Contribution to the Theory Behind the M0 Capture-Recapture Model: An Improved Estimator},
  author = {Kyle Vincent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.1947},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

These two papers have been merged into paper arXiv:1401.6849