A Bayesian Analysis of Multiple-Recapture Sampling for a Closed Population
封闭种群多次重捕抽样的贝叶斯分析
This paper considers from a Bayesian viewpoint inferences about the size of a closed animal population from data obtained by a multiple-recapture sampling scheme. The method developed enables prior information about the population size and the catch probabilities to be utilized to produce considerable improvements in certain cases on ordinary maximum likelihood methods. Several ways of expressing such prior information are explored and a practical example of the uses of…