Development of international conversion equations using robust regression methodology

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2023-2029

  Weigel, K A ^a   Lin, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

International conversions; Linear regression; Robust methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039628177     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75440-8     Document Type: Article

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