Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5129792 Statistics & Probability Letters 2017 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let N be the number of members in a population. Fix any real number A≥2. We present a sequential search algorithm to estimate the exact value of N, with an error probability of at most exp(−A)+exp(−2A)+exp(−3A), regardless of the value of N.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Statistics and Probability
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Sequential search algorithm for estimation of the number of members of a given population
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