Restricted maximum likelihood estimation of covariances in sparse linear models

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-26

  Neumaier, Arnold ^a   Groeneveld, Eildert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical gradients; Missing data; Restricted maximum likelihood; Sparse inverse; Variance component estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COVARIANCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031972167     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19980101     Document Type: Article

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