Analysis of an Extended Batch Marking Experiment Using Estimating Equations

作者：Huggins, Richard; Wang, Yan^*; Kearns, Joanne

来源：Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 2010, 15(3): 279-289.

DOI：10.1007/s13253-010-0018-6

• Mark-recapture experiments
• Open population
• Population size
• Pseudo-likelihood
• Survival probability

Estimating equations give a flexible method of inference when the likelihood is either intractable or is not fully specified. Here we consider a batch marking experiment where the full likelihood is complex and without resorting to devices such as the computationally intensive expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm is intractable. However, a pseudo-likelihood that yields tractable estimating equations may be easily constructed and its effectiveness is demonstrated via simulation studies. The methodology was applied to study the abundance of Oriental weatherloach in a waterbody in South-Eastern Australia. The programs and data set used in this article are available in the online supplements.

• 出版日期2010-9