Estimating the Number of Classes via Sample Coverage

作者: Anne Chao , Shen-Ming Lee

DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1992.10475194

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摘要: Assume that a random sample is drawn from a population with unknown number of classes and possibly unequal class probabilities. A nonparametric estimation technique is proposed …

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