Extending the latent multinomial model with complex error processes and dynamic Markov bases

DOI10.1214/15-AOAS889zbMATH Open1454.62312arXiv1504.00441OpenAlexW2963855296WikidataQ57432836 ScholiaQ57432836MaRDI QIDQ288579FDOQ288579

Authors: Simon J. Bonner, Matthew R. Schofield, Patrik Noren, Steven J. Price 

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: The Annals of Applied Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The latent multinomial model (LMM) model of Link et al. (2010) provided a general framework for modelling mark-recapture data with potential errors in identification. Key to this approach was a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) scheme for sampling possible configurations of the counts true capture histories that could have generated the observed data. This MCMC algorithm used vectors from a basis for the kernel of the linear map between the true and observed counts to move between the possible configurations of the true data. Schofield and Bonner (2015) showed that a strict basis was sufficient for some models of the errors, including the model presented by Link et al. (2010), but a larger set called a Markov basis may be required for more complex models. We address two further challenges with this approach: 1) that models with more complex error mechanisms do not fit easily within the LMM and 2) that the Markov basis can be difficult or impossible to compute for even moderate sized studies. We address these issues by extending the LMM to separately model the capture/demographic process and the error process and by developing a new MCMC sampling scheme using dynamic Markov bases. Our work is motivated by a study of Queen snakes (Regina septemvittata) in Kentucky, USA, and we use simulation to compare the use of PIT tags, with perfect identification, and brands, which are prone to error, when estimating survival rates.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00441

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zbMATH Keywords

Markov chain Monte CarloBayesian inferencemark-recaptureMarkov basismisidentificationqueen snake (Regina septemvittata)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to statistics (62-08) Bayesian inference (62F15) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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