Bayesian inference in the semiparametric log normal frailty model using Gibbs sampling

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-256

  Korsgaard, Inge Riis ^a   Madsen, Per ^a   Jensen, Just ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Disease data on performance tested bulls; Gibbs sampling; Semiparametric log normal frailty model; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0008328550     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19980303     Document Type: Article

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