PROGRAMMING IN ANIMAL BREEDING

Ignacy Misztal

Future short courses

There are no external short courses planned at this time. The last course was in 2007 in Lelystad, the Netherlands. Also, this course was taught as a 3-week regular UGA course in May 2008.

Selected topics in data simulation and parameter estimation will be taught Sept 30 - Oct 2 2008 in Udine, Italy. Contact Daniele Vicario (vicario@anapri.it).

Contents: Covered topics include rules to set up mixed models for many models, operations on sparse matrices, and implementations of REML and Gibbs sampling algorithms. Some computing issues with genomic selection may be addressed. The focus is on easy programming made possible with Fortran 90/95 and matrix modules.

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of mixed models at a matrix level, basic knowledge of programming in any language. Knowledge of Fortran 90/95 and Unix helpful.