Mildly penalized maximum likelihood estimation of genetic covariances matrices without tuning — ASN Events

Mildly penalized maximum likelihood estimation of genetic covariances matrices without tuning (#109)

Karin Meyer 1
  1. Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia

A scheme for penalized  estimation of genetic covariance matrices free from  tuning – using default settings for the strength or penalization – is described and its efficacy is demonstrated by simulation.

Full Paper