Risk-adjusted expected return for selection decisions

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2984-2988

  Pruzzo, L ^a,d   Cantet, R J C ^a,b   Fioretti, C C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Estancias y Cabaña Las Lilas   (Argentina)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Genetic improvement; Prediction; Returns; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FORECASTING; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 2142762599     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.81122984x     Document Type: Article

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