Imputing unobserved values with the EM algorithm under left and right-truncation, and interval censoring for estimating the size of hidden populations
Robb, Matthew L. and Böhning, Dankmar (2011) Imputing unobserved values with the EM algorithm under left and right-truncation, and interval censoring for estimating the size of hidden populations. Biometrical Journal, 53, (1), 75-87. (doi:10.1002/bimj.201000004).
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Description/Abstract
Capture–recapture techniques have been used for considerable time to predict population size. Estimators usually rely on frequency counts for numbers of trappings; however, it may be the case that these are not available for a particular problem, for example if the original data set has been lost and only a summary table is available. Here, we investigate techniques for specific examples; the motivating example is an epidemiology study by Mosley et al., which focussed on a cholera outbreak in East Pakistan. To demonstrate the wider range of the technique, we also look at a study for predicting the long-term outlook of the AIDS epidemic using information on number of sexual partners. A new estimator is developed here which uses the EM algorithm to impute unobserved values and then uses these values in a similar way to the existing estimators. The results show that a truncated approach – mimicking the Chao lower bound approach – gives an improved estimate when population homogeneity is violated
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0323-3847 (print) 1521-4036 (electronic) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social and Human Sciences > Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute Faculty of Social and Human Sciences > Mathematics > Statistics |
| Item ID: | 210471 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2012 11:45 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2012 13:10 |
| Contributors: | Robb, Matthew L. (Author) Böhning, Dankmar (Author) |
| Date: | February 2011 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/210471 |
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