Several new kernel estimators for population abundance
Baker Albadareen, Noriszura Ismail · AIP conference proceedings · 2017
The parameter f(0) is crucial in line transect sampling which is regularly used for computing population abundance in wildlife. The usual kernel estimator of f(0) has a high negative bias. Our study proposes several new estimators which are shown to be more efficient than the usual kernel estimator. A simulation technique is adopted to compare the performance of the proposed estimators with the classical kernel estimator. An application of the new estimators on real data set is discussed.