Bayesian estimation in animal breeding using the Dirichlet process prior for correlated random effects

<p>Abstract</p> <p>In the case of the mixed linear model the random effects are usually assumed to be normally distributed in both the Bayesian and classical frameworks. In this paper, the Dirichlet process prior was used to provide nonparametric Bayesian estimates for correlated r...

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Main Authors: Pretorius Albertus, Merwe Abraham
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2003-03-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
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Online Access:http://www.gsejournal.org/content/35/2/137