Local Log-linear Models for Capture-Recapture
Description
Applies local log-linear capture-recapture models (LLLMs) a for
closed populations, as described in the ongoing doctoral thesis work of
Zachary Kurtz in the department of statistics at Carnegie Mellon
University. The method is relevant when there are 3-4 capture occasions,
with auxiliary covariates available for all capture occasions. As part of
estimating the number of missing population units, the method estimates the
"rate of missingness" as it varies over the covariate space. In addition,
user-friendly functions are provided to recreate (approximately) the method
of Zwane and Van der Heijden (2004), which applied the VGAM package in a
way that is closely related to LLLMs.