FAQ for BLUPF90 programs

Input files

data pedigree

Data preparation program

renumf90 (ver 1.92) read me examples

Frequent mistakes in a parameter file for BLUPF90 programs

parameter files for various models examples

REML

remlf90 (ver 1.76) read me: EM algorithm - PDF airemlf90 (ver 1.99) read me: Average Information REML + REMLF90 - Standard Errors (PDF)

Gibbs sampling

OPTIONs for priors and degrees of belief, for restarting from the last sampling, and for storing solutions and SD with or without fixed variances

gibbs1f90 (ver 1.42) read me: Faster than GIBBS2F90 without missing traits gibbs2f90 (ver 1.76) read me gibbs3f90 (ver 1.77) read me: Heterogeneous residual variances thrgibbs1f90(b) (ver 2.100) read me: Threshold model + linear model

Post-Gibbs Analysis

postgibbsf90 (ver 3.02) read me: Needs Gibbs samples and gnuplot (use postgibbsold for old Gibbs sampler programs)

BLUP

blupf90 (ver 1.45) read me: SOR, FSPAK or PCG - PDF blup90iod2 (ver 3.78) read me: For a large number of equations (available only under some conditions) cblup90iod2 (ver 3.16) read me: Threshold model + linear model for a large number of equations (available only under some conditions)

Accuracy

accf90 : (ver 1.63) read me: Accuracy (reliability) for a large number of animals (available only under some conditions)

Genomic Analysis

preGSf90 (ver 1.6) read me: For a pre-analysis of genomic programs

Modules in Library

blups1.f90 blups2.f denseop.f90 fspakf90.f90 fspak.f gibbs.f90 ginv.f iounf.f90 kind.f90 lapack90r.f90 model.f90 pcg.f90 prob.f90 ranlib.f second.f sparse2.f sparse.f90 sparssub.f