Checking the penguin population model estimator for bias
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2010
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A bootstrap approach is used to check the Robben Island penguin model estimator
bias. The results show that there is little evidence for this. The distributions of
estimates from the bootstrapping process are well-centred on the penalized
maximum likelihood estimates.
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Robinson, W. & Butterworth, D.S. (2010). Checking the penguin population model estimator for bias.