We consider the Arnason-Schwarz model, usually used to estimate survival and movement probabilities from capture-recapture data. A missing data structure of this model is constructed which allows a clear separation of information relative to capture and relative to movement. Extensions of the...

The test we develop expresses the null hypothesis in terms of proximity of the distribution of a Markov chain (yt) to the subspace of homogeneous Markov chains. The distance we use is the Kullback distance which turns out to be conceptually appropriate. Departure from the point null hypothesis...