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petersen: Mark-Recapture Population Size Estimator

Description

petersen returns the estimated population size based on two independent equally-sized samples

Usage

petersen(first, second)

Value

population size estimate

Arguments

first

vector with first sample identifiers (local minima)

second

vector with second sample identifiers (local minima)

Author

Frank M.T.A. Busing

References

Busing (2025). A Simple Population Size Estimator for Local Minima Applied to Multidimensional Scaling.