A note on local maxima in maximum likelihood, restricted maximum likelihood, and baysian estimation of variance components

DOI10.1080/00949658908811193zbMath0726.62124OpenAlexW2016672643MaRDI QIDQ3350554

Ina Hoeschele

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00949658908811193

zbMATH Keywords

local maximaMaximum likelihoodrestricted maximum likelihoodBayesian methodsanimal breeding

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Point estimation (62F10) Bayesian inference (62F15) Analysis of variance and covariance (ANOVA) (62J10)

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