On the Design of Field Experiments with Correlated Treatment Effects

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 539-555

  Butler, David G ^a   Smith, Alison B ^b   Cullis, Brian R ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive relationship matrix; Mixed models; Optimal design; Plant breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925507669     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13253-014-0191-0     Document Type: Article

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