A note on simplifying likelihoods for site occupancy models

Morgan, B.J.T. and Revell, D.J. and Freeman, S.N. (2007) A note on simplifying likelihoods for site occupancy models. Biometrics, 63 (2). pp. 618-621. ISSN 0006-341X.

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Abstract

We show how a simple reparameterization can reduce the number of parameters that need to be estimated by numerical maximum likelihood in site occupancy models. Three examples are provided.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled keywords: heterogeneous detection models; orthogonal parameter estimators-; profile log likelihoods; timed species counts; zero inflation; zero-modified distributions
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA276 Mathematical statistics
Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA273 Probabilities
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Mathematics Statistics and Actuarial Science > Statistics
Depositing User: Suzanne Duffy
Date Deposited: 01 Apr 2008 08:23
Last Modified: 14 Jan 2010 14:08
Resource URI: http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/2614 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
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