Does modeling causal relationships improve the accuracy of predicting lactation milk yields?

This study compared 3 correlational (best prediction, linear regression, and feed-forward neural networks) and 2 causal models (recursive structural equation model and recurrent neural networks) for estimating lactation milk yields. The correlational models assumed associations between test-day milk...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Lin Wu, Asha M. Miles, Curtis P. Van Tassell, George R. Wiggans, H. Duane Norman, Ransom L. Baldwin, VI, Javier Burchard, João Dürr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:JDS Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910223000613

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