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ABSTRACT. Test-day milk yields of first-lactation Black and. White cows were used to select the model for routine genetic evaluation of dairy cattle in Poland.
In this paper we present an application of random regression models. (RRM) to
obtain restricted maximum likelihood estimates of covariance functions and ...
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Many analyses by random regression models (RRM) use Legendre polynomials
(Kirkpatrick et al. 1990;. Van der Werf 1997) as basis functions. These polyno-.
However, the principal field of application remains in dairy cattle breeding, where RR models underpin the development of test-day models for genetic ...
likelihood solution is described, and available statistical software for the model is discussed. An analysis of a .... Finally, computer programs that are available for ran- ..... This en- sures that the level accounting for the largest share of tota
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Abstract. A random-enacts regression model is proposed tor the analysis at data
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Oct 22, 2012 - Extensions of previous linear regression models for interval data are ... Extensions for the simple linear regression models within the framework ...
A Set of Nonlinear Regression Models for. Animal Movement in Response to a Single. Landscape Feature. J. A. TRACEY, J. ZHU, and K. CROOKS. The study of ...
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