Sequential Search Algorithm for Estimation of the Number of Classes in a Given Population
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Summary, in English
Let N be the number of classes in a population to be estimated. Fix any preassigned error probability 0<epsilon< exp(-2) (roughly). We present a sequential search algorithm to estimate the exact value of N, with an error probability of at most epsilon, regardless of the value of N.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2016
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Working Papers in Statistics
Issue
2016:1
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Dokumenttyp
Working paper
Förlag
Department of Statistics, Lund university
Ämne
- Probability Theory and Statistics
Nyckelord
- Unobserved species
- estimation of population size
- sequential estimation procedure
- error probability
Status
Published