Identifiability of parameters and behaviour of MCMC chains: A case study using the reaction norm model

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-102

  Shariati, M M ^a,b   Korsgaard, I R ^a   Sorensen, D ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b University of Yasuj   (Iran)

Author keywords

Identifiability; MCMC; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 62549135292     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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