BAYESIAN ESTIMATION OF POPULATION SIZE WITH REMOVAL SAMPLING.

Abstract

The posterior distribution of the number of items remaining in a population after binomial removal sampling is derived assuming a diffuse or negative binomial prior distribution on the number of items initially in the population and known probability of removal per item. Applications to animal sampling and epidemiology are described. Extensions to removal sampling for successive sampling periods and for more than one subpopulation are also given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0712029

Entities

People

  • Richard G. Cornell

Organizations

  • Florida State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Binomials
  • Collecting Methods
  • Epidemiology
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Sampling

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Oncology
  • Riverine Ecology

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference