MSSURVIV- computes parameter estimates of survival/transition and capture probability under the multistate models described in ''Capture-recapture Studies for Multiple Strata including nonMarkovian Transition Probabilities''

Program MSSURVIV (Multi-State-SURVIVal analysis) computes parameter estimates of survival/transition and capture probability under the multistate models described in ''Capture-recapture Studies for Multiple Strata including nonMarkovian Transition Probabilities'' (Brownie et. al., 1993). Actually, MSSURVIV is a specially modified version of Dr. G. White's program SURVIV (White, 1983) which incorporates the multistate models. With this program and it's companion program, CNVMEMOV, users are able to get parameter estimates for these complex models from capture history data without having to specify the cell probabilities.