• DocumentCode
    3052629
  • Title

    Bayesian Estimation and MCMC Sampling for the Mortality Probability Model of Population

  • Author

    Tong, Hengqing ; Han, Yanmin ; Liu, Yingfeng

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math., Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-8 July 2007
  • Firstpage
    1285
  • Lastpage
    1288
  • Abstract
    In this paper we consider the mortality probability model of population throughout the whole lifespan based on the mortality rate in the Weibull distribution, that is, the exponential constant of the mortality rate is transformed into a variable function. In the paper we provide the variable function with alternative methods. However the precision of linear function is less than that of nonlinear function with the same number of parameters. The paper proposes a nonlinear variable function as the exponential of mortality rate. Bayesian estimation provides a feasible treatment of the complicated model resorting to MCMC algorithms. Finally we carry out a research into the mortality probability model of Rattus norvegicus population. MC error precision of parameters reaches to 10-4 . The results show us Bayesian estimation is an effective method using MCMC sampling the mortality probability model of population.
  • Keywords
    Bayes methods; Weibull distribution; ecology; nonlinear functions; Bayesian estimation; MCMC sampling; Rattus norvegicus population; Weibull distribution; animal population; exponential constant; mortality probability model; nonlinear variable function; Animals; Bayesian methods; Equations; Life estimation; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Polynomials; Processor scheduling; Sampling methods; Weibull distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2007. ICBBE 2007. The 1st International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wuhan
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1120-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICBBE.2007.331
  • Filename
    4272815