BOUNDARY ESTIMATION IN RING RECOVERY MODELS

Authors
CATCHPOLE EA MORGAN BJT
Citation
Ea. Catchpole et Bjt. Morgan, BOUNDARY ESTIMATION IN RING RECOVERY MODELS, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Methodological, 56(2), 1994, pp. 385-391
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Methodological
ISSN journal
00359246 → ACNP
Volume
56
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
385 - 391
Database
ISI
SICI code
1369-7412(1994)56:2<385:BEIRRM>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A simple model for avian survival often leads to boundary estimates wh en the model is fitted to data by maximum likelihood. Data may result from ring recovery experiments alone, or in combination with a radio t racking investigation. A study of profile likelihoods enables the cond itions under which boundary estimates occur to be completely specified . Fitting an incorrect model is shown to result in inconsistent estima tors of all parameters, and an asymptotic certainty of boundary estima tes.