BLUPF90 family of programs

Ignacy Misztal and collaborators, University of Georgia

 

BLUPF90 family of programs is a collection of software in  Fortran 90/95  for mixed model computations in animal breeding. The goal of the software is to be as simple as with a matrix package and as efficient as in a programming language.  For general description, see a paper from the CCB'99 workshop, or see a paper on BGF90 at 7th WCGALP.

The family contains:

Modules

 

Application programs

They support mixed models with multiple-correlated effects, multiple animal models and dominance. See comments on properties of some of the programs here and this  link (will) contain examples of parameter files.

 

Under development

 

Available by request

 

Available only under research agreement

 

Most programs are available as a package for download and compilation on Unix systems. Linux binaries and Windows executables are available for some programs but they may be out of date. The package is updated often so check file Changes on the latest changes.

All programs use renumbered data and therefore may be hard to use for those with little knowledge about mixed models. A renumbering program specific for this package is renumf90;  Its  binaries  under Linux are available.  Alternatively, one can use renummat3.f available in the renum directory under old programs.

If some programs return strange messages and do not finish, please read about compilation problems.