Imputing unobserved values with the EM algorithm under left and right-truncation, and interval censoring for estimating the size of hidden populations

DOI10.1002/BIMJ.201000004zbMATH Open1207.62207OpenAlexW2084297795WikidataQ43627092 ScholiaQ43627092MaRDI QIDQ3084183FDOQ3084183

Authors: Matthew L. Robb, Dankmar Böhning 

Publication date: 15 March 2011

Published in: Biometrical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/bimj.201000004

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zbMATH Keywords

cholera outbreakcapture--recapturecensoring and truncation for count data

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Censored data models (62N01) Estimation in survival analysis and censored data (62N02) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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• Population size estimation with interval censored counts and external information: prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Rome

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