Initial Size Estimation for the Linear Pure Death Process
线性纯死亡过程的初始规模估计
Consider a linear pure death process in which the common death rate and the initial size n of the population are both unknown. An estimate of n is required, based on the observed times of the first j deaths, i.e. with censored sampling. It is shown that the only reliable non-Bayesian method is to use interval estimates, for all the standard point estimation techniques are liable to fail. Appropriate interval estimators are derived and discussed. The corresponding truncated…