estN: Estimating population size via sample coverage
Description
Population size estimation based on sample coverage approach for closed capture-recapture models.
Usage
estN(z, method="Indep", se=FALSE, nboot=200)
Arguments
z
the vector of capture histories or ascertainment records.
method
the method employed to estimate population size.
method="Indep": population size estimate for independent samples;
method="HSC": population size estimate for sufficiently high sample coverage cases;
method="LSC": one-step population size estimate for low sample coverage cases.
se
should calculus bootstrap standard error?
nboot
the number of bootstrap resampling times.
Value
References
Chao, A., and Tsay, P. K. (1998). A sample coverage approach to multiple-system estimation with application to census undercount. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 93: 283-293.
Chao, A., Tsay, P. K., Lin, S. H., Shau, W. Y., and Chao, D. Y. (2001). The applications of capture-recapture models to epidemiological data. Statistics in Medicine, 20: 3123-3157.