Adaptive Sampling / Edition 1

Adaptive Sampling / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0471558710
ISBN-13:
9780471558712
Pub. Date:
06/07/1996
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
0471558710
ISBN-13:
9780471558712
Pub. Date:
06/07/1996
Publisher:
Wiley
Adaptive Sampling / Edition 1

Adaptive Sampling / Edition 1

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Overview

Offering a viable solution to the long-standing problem ofestimating the abundance of rare, clustered populations, adaptivesampling designs are rapidly gaining prominence in the natural andsocial sciences as well as in other fields with inherentlydifficult sampling situations. In marked contrast to conventionalsampling designs, in which the entire sample of units to beobserved is fixed prior to the survey, adaptive sampling strategiesallow for increased sampling intensity depending upon observationsmade during the survey. For example, in a survey to assess theabundance of a rare animal species, neighboring sites may be addedto the sample whenever the species is encountered during thesurvey. In an epidemiological survey of a contagious or geneticallylinked disease, sampling intensity may be increased wheneverprevalence of the disease is encountered.

Written by two acknowledged experts in this emerging field, thisbook offers researchers their first comprehensive introduction toadaptive sampling. An ideal reference for statisticians conductingresearch in survey designs and spatial statistics as well asresearchers working in the environmental, ecological, publichealth, and biomedical sciences.

Adaptive Sampling:
* Provides a comprehensive, fully integrated introduction toadaptive sampling theory and practice
* Describes recent research findings
* Introduces readers to a wide range of adaptive samplingstrategies and techniques
* Includes numerous real-world examples from environmentalpollution studies, surveys of rare animal and plant species,studies of contagious diseases, marketing surveys, mineral andfossil-fuel assessments, and more

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780471558712
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 06/07/1996
Series: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics , #231
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.46(w) x 9.53(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

STEVEN K. THOMPSON, PhD, is a professor in the Department ofStatistics at Pennsylvania State University.

GEORGE A. F. SEBER, PhD, is a professor in the Department ofStatistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Fixed-Population Sampling Theory.

Stochastic Population Sampling Theory.

Adaptive Cluster Sampling.

Efficiency and Sample Size Issues.

Adaptive Cluster Sampling Based on Order Statistics.

Adaptive Allocation in Stratified Sampling.

Multivariate Aspects of Adaptive Sampling.

Detectability in Adaptive Sampling.

Optimal Sampling Strategies.

References.

Index.
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