ASReml is a statistical software package for fitting linear
mixed model
A mixed model, mixed-effects model or mixed error-component model is a statistical model containing both fixed effects and random effects. These models are useful in a wide variety of disciplines in the physical, biological and social sciences. ...
s using
restricted maximum likelihood In statistics, the restricted (or residual, or reduced) maximum likelihood (REML) approach is a particular form of maximum likelihood estimation that does not base estimates on a maximum likelihood fit of all the information, but instead uses a like ...
, a technique commonly used in
plant
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and
animal breeding
Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation (using best linear unbiased prediction and other methods) of the genetic value (estimated breeding value, EBV) of livestock. Selecting for breeding animals with superior EB ...
and
quantitative genetics
Quantitative genetics deals with phenotypes that vary continuously (such as height or mass)—as opposed to discretely identifiable phenotypes and gene-products (such as eye-colour, or the presence of a particular biochemical).
Both branches u ...
as well as other fields. It is notable for its ability to fit very large and complex
data set A data set (or dataset) is a collection of data. In the case of tabular data, a data set corresponds to one or more database tables, where every column of a table represents a particular variable, and each row corresponds to a given record of the ...
s efficiently, due to its use of the average information algorithm
and
sparse matrix
In numerical analysis and scientific computing, a sparse matrix or sparse array is a matrix in which most of the elements are zero. There is no strict definition regarding the proportion of zero-value elements for a matrix to qualify as sparse b ...
methods.
It was originally developed by Arthur Gilmour.
Arthur Gilmour, Cargovale
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ASREML can be used in Windows, Linux, and as an add-on to S-PLUS
S-PLUS is a commercial implementation of the S programming language sold by TIBCO Software Inc.
It features object-oriented programming capabilities and advanced analytical algorithms.
Due to the increasing popularity of the open source S succ ...
and R.
References
External links
ASReml home pageASReml "Cook book"Review at Scientific Computing World
Statistical software
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