MultipleSystemsEstimation: Methods for Multiple Systems Estimation

Methods for multiple systems estimation using Poisson log-linear models, with particular attention to sparse capture data, model selection and its associated uncertainty, and Bayesian thresholding of interaction effects. The package implements and extends methodology from Silverman (2020) <doi:10.1111/rssa.12505>, Chan, Silverman and Vincent (2021) <doi:10.1080/01621459.2019.1708748>, and Silverman, Chan and Vincent (2024) <doi:10.1007/s11222-023-10346-9>.

Version: 1.3.2
Depends: R (≥ 4.2.0)
Imports: lpSolve, MCMCpack
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-10-22
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.MultipleSystemsEstimation (may not be active yet)
Author: Bernard W. Silverman [aut, cre], Lax Chan [ctb], Kyle Vincent [ctb]
Maintainer: Bernard W. Silverman <bernard.silverman at stats.ox.ac.uk>
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)]
URL: https://bernardsilverman.github.io/MultipleSystemsEstimation/, https://bernardsilverman.co.uk/contact
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: README
CRAN checks: MultipleSystemsEstimation results

Documentation:

Reference manual: MultipleSystemsEstimation.html , MultipleSystemsEstimation.pdf
Vignettes: Bayesian-thresholding multiple systems estimation (source, R code)
BIC model selection and bootstrap inference (source, R code)
Capture histories and hierarchical models (source, R code)
Reproducing the 2024 BIC bootstrap investigations (source, R code)
Sparse data, stepwise model selection and the bootstrap (source, R code)
A User Guide to MultipleSystemsEstimation (source, R code)

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Package source: MultipleSystemsEstimation_1.3.2.tar.gz
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