Properties of Threshold Model Predictions

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 582-590

  Abdel Azim, Gamal A ^a   Berger, P J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Genetics; Prediction; Threshold Models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; GENETIC SELECTION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033093570     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.773582x     Document Type: Article

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