Parallel computing applied to breeding value estimation in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 276-285

  Strandén, Ismo ^a   Lidauer, M ^a  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Iterative methods; Parallel computing; Test day model

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETICS; LACTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; LACTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035234169     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74477-3     Document Type: Article

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