• DocumentCode
    2019788
  • Title

    Population estimation with performance guarantees

  • Author

    Orlitsky, A. ; Santhanam, N.P. ; Viswanathan, K.

  • Author_Institution
    UC San Diego, San Diego
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    24-29 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    2026
  • Lastpage
    2030
  • Abstract
    We estimate the population size by sampling uniformly from the population. Given an accuracy to which we need to estimate the population with a pre-specified confidence, we provide a simple stopping rule for the sampling process.
  • Keywords
    estimation theory; sampling methods; birthday paradox; population estimation; sampling process; Databases; Equations; Linearity; Milling machines; Sampling methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory, 2007. ISIT 2007. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Nice
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1397-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISIT.2007.4557157
  • Filename
    4557157
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2019788