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Sequential Procedure For Fixed Accuracy Estimation of the Population Size in Recapture Sampling
Author(s) -
Yip Paul S.F.,
Fang Xiangzhong,
Zhou Yong,
Wang Yan
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-842X
pISSN - 1369-1473
DOI - 10.1111/1467-842x.00276
Subject(s) - estimator , mathematics , statistics , homogeneous , mark and recapture , sampling (signal processing) , algorithm , estimation , population , computer science , engineering , demography , systems engineering , filter (signal processing) , combinatorics , sociology , computer vision
Abstract A sequential procedure is constructed to provide a fixed‐accuracy estimator for the number of faults in a system. This paper focuses on the case when faults are homogeneous. However, the method can be adapted to other models by choosing a more robust estimator. The accuracy of the estimator depends on the failure intensity, the length of testing period and the total number of faults in the system. Simulations illustrate the performance of the proposed procedure. The method is applied to an information system failure dataset.