本論文主要探討在母體總個體數已知之二項式模式與具有個體異質性之離散型重複捕取實驗下，針對封閉母體模式估計母體種類數。在二項式模式中，比較了Horvitz-Thompson估計量、摺刀法估計量、樣本涵蓋估計量。針對貝塔-二項式假設下的離散型模式，比較了摺刀法估計量、最大概似估計量、樣本涵蓋估計量、重複訊息估計量。文中分別介紹各種估計量，並且以不同參數下的模擬方式分析各種估計量的表現，最後並有文獻上的實例分析。

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