INITIAL SIZE ESTIMATION FOR THE LINEAR PURE DEATH PROCESS
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
GOUDIE, IBJ; GOLDIE, CM
署名单位：
University of Sussex
刊物名称：
BIOMETRIKA
ISSN/ISSBN：
0006-3444
DOI：
10.1093/biomet/68.2.543
发表日期：
1981
页码：
543550
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摘要：
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 1st j deaths, i.e., with censored sampling. The only reliable nonBayesian 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 sampling model is considered.