Estimation of the size of an open population using local estimating equations II: a partially parametric approach.
Kernel smoothing methods are applied to extend a modification of the closed population approach of Lloyd and Yip (1991, in Estimating Equations, 65-88) to open populations with frequent capture occasions. The method complements previous nonparametric methods and, when the parametric assumptions are met, simulations show the new method has a smaller integrated mean squared error than the previous fully nonparametric method. The method is applied to capture-recapture data on short-tailed shearwaters collected annually for 48 years.
Yang
Hsin-Chou
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Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu 30043, Taiwan.
Huggins
Richard
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Clark
Austina S S
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D000823:Animal Identification Systems; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D001717:Birds; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011156:Population Density