ECM approaches to heteroskedastic mixed models with constant variance ratios

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-318

  Foulley, J L ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Heteroskedasticity; Maximum likelihood; Mixed model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EXPECTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; TECHNIQUE; THEORY;

EID: 0030821973     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19970301     Document Type: Article

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