Using multiple objective programming in a dairy cow breeding program

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2782-2788

  Tozer, P R ^a   Stokes, J R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Jersey; Mathematical programming; Multiple objective

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPUTER; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; SPERM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPUTERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; SEMEN;

EID: 0035751719     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74733-9     Document Type: Article

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