CAPTURE RECAPTURE ESTIMATION VIA GIBBS SAMPLING

被引:80
作者
GEORGE, EI [1 ]
ROBERT, CP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 06, STAT THEOR & APPL LAB, F-75252 PARIS 05, FRANCE
关键词
DATA AUGMENTATION; ESTIMATION OF POPULATION SIZE; GIBBS SAMPLING; HIERARCHICAL MODELS; LOG CONCAVITY; MULTINOMIAL MODEL; MULTIPLE-RECAPTURE SAMPLING;
D O I
10.1093/biomet/79.4.677
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Capture-recapture models are widely used in the estimation of population sizes. Based on data augmentation considerations, we show how Gibbs sampling can be applied to calculate Bayes estimates in this setting. As a result, formulations which were previously avoided because of analytical and numerical intractability can now be easily considered for practical application. We illustrate this potential by using Gibbs sampling to calculate Bayes estimates for a hierarchical capture-recapture model in a real example.
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页码:677 / 683
页数:7
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