| Article ID: | iaor20081655 |
| Country: | Cuba |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 25 |
| End Page Number: | 38 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Journal: | Revista de Investigacin Operacional |
| Authors: | Bouza Carlos N., Covarrubias Dante |
The estimation of a diversity index is studied using the Bayesian framework provided by the superpopulation model theory. The main theoretical properties are studied when Fager and Simpson indexes are used. Different distributions are considered for illustrating the behaviour of the expected errors under the analysed models.