Fixed-length interval estimation of population sizes : sequential adaptive Monte Carlo mark–recapture–mark sampling.
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2023
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Mark–recapture sampling schemes are conventional approaches for population size (N)
estimation. In this paper, we mainly focus on providing fixed-length confidence interval
estimation methodologies for N under a mark–recapture–mark sampling scheme, where,
during the resampling phase, non-marked items are marked before they are released back
in the population. Using a Monte Carlo method, the interval estimates for N are obtained
through a purely sequential procedure with an adaptive stopping rule. Such an adaptive deci-
sion criterion enables the user to “learn” with the subsequent marked and newly tagged items.
The method is then compared with a recently developed accelerated sequential procedure in
terms of coverage probability and expected number of captured items during the resampling
stage. To illustrate, we explain how the proposed procedure could be applied to estimate
the number of infected COVID-19 individuals in a near-closed population. In addition, we
present a numeric application inspired on the problem of estimating the population size of
endangered monkeys of the Atlantic forest in Brazil.
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Markov chain, COVID-19
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SILVA, I. R.; BHATTACHARJEE, D.; ZHUANG, Y. Fixed-length interval estimation of population sizes: sequential adaptive Monte Carlo mark–recapture–mark sampling. Computational and Applied Mathematics, v. 42, n. 181, 2023. Disponível em: <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40314-023-02320-y>. Acesso em: 06 jul. 2023.