ASReml Version 3

• Introduction
• ASReml Windows Help
  • Run a tutorial
  • Online Documentation
• End-user License Agreements
  • Full License Agreement
  • Trial License Agreement
• ASReml Reference
  • Introduction
  • Whats New in Release 3
    • Whats New in Release 3
    • Critical Changes in Behaviour
  • Syntax
    • Syntax Rules
    • Command File
    • Factor Definition
    • Generating .as template from datafile headings
  • Examples
    • Bivariate Analysis
    • Repeated measures example
    • An Exercise
  • Command Line
    • Command line
    • Command Line Options
    • Command Line Arguments
    • Standard use of arguments
    • Prompt for arguments
    • Top Job Control Line
    • Job Title
    • Output control
    • Resuming from previous run
    • Resuming from previous run
    • Debug option
    • Graphic screen control
    • Controlling workspace
    • Setting Response variate from command line
  • Inputting Data
    • Reading the data
    • Qualifiers affecting data input
    • !FORMAT Reading formatted data
    • Drop records on input
    • Reading multiple files
    • Merging two data files
    • Preparing data files in Excel
    • Arithmetic transformations
    • Tabulating data
  • Transforming Input Data
    • Transformations
    • Algebraic operators
    • Julian date and time functions
    • Genetic Marker operators
    • !M Setting and Unsetting missing values
    • !NA Setting and Unsetting missing values
    • !NORMAL Random Numbers
    • !REPLACE Substitution transformations
    • !RESCALE Substitution transformations
    • !SEED Random Numbers
    • !SEQ Substitution transformations
    • !SET Substitution transformations
    • !SETN Random Numbers
    • !SETU Random Numbers
    • !SUB Substitution transformations
    • !UNIFORM Random Numbers
  • Datafile line qualifiers
    • Overview
    • Common datafile line qualifiers
    • !CONTINUE Resuming iteration
    • !CONTRAST Defining a treatment contrast
    • !FCON Conditional F statistics
    • !MAXIT Maximum number of iterations
    • !SUBSET Subsetting a factor
    • !SUM Extended data description
    • !X Scatter plots of data
    • !Y Scatter plots of data
    • !G Scatter plots of data
    • !JOIN Scatter plots of data
  • Minor job qualifiers
    • Overview
    • !COLFAC Spatial Analysis of Multienvironment trials
    • !DDF Denominator degrees of freedom
    • !DISPLAY Spatial graphics
    • !FACPOINTS Setting covariate grouping levels
    • !GKRIGE Setting predict points
    • !KNOTS Setting spline points
    • !MBF My Basis Function
    • !MVINCLUDE Missing values in explanatory variables
    • !MVREMOVE Missing values in explanatory variables
    • !NOCHECK Setting spline points
    • !POLPOINTS Setting covariate grouping levels
    • !PPOINTS Setting predict points
    • !PRINT Saving the data to an ASCII file
    • !PVAL Setting predict points
    • (De)selecting multivariate mode
    • !ROWFAC Spatial Analysis of Multienvironment trials
    • !SCALE Setting spline points
    • !SECTION Spatial Analysis of Multienvironment trials
    • !SPLINE Setting spline points
  • Rarely used specialist qualifiers
    • Overview
    • !ADJUST Adjusting degrees of freedom
    • !AILOADINGS
    • !AISINGULARITIES
    • !BLUP Best Linear Unbiased Prediction
    • !BRIEF Reducing output to the .asr file
    • !DENSE Setting size of DENSE set of equations
    • !DF Adjusting degrees of freedom
    • !EMFLAG Requesting EM updates
    • !EQORDER Controlling equation order
    • !EXTRA Forcing extra iterations
    • !PVSFORM Alternative output formats
    • !RESIDUALS Saving the residuals with the data
    • !SAVE Writing the data to a binary file
    • !SCREEN Regression Screen
    • !SLNFORM Alternative output formats
    • !SLOW Controlling convergence rate
    • !SMX Regression Screen
    • !SPATIAL Diagnostic Residual statistics and plots from spatial analyses
    • !STEP Controlling convergence rate
    • !TABFORM Alternative output formats
    • !TWOWAY Diagnostic Residual statistics and plots from spatial analyses
    • !TXTFORM Alternative output formats
    • !VGSECTORS Diagnostic Residual statistics and plots from spatial analyses
    • !YHTFORM Alternative output formats
    • !VCC Constraints on Variance parameters
  • Other Very Rarely used qualifiers
    • Other Very Rarely used qualifiers
  • High Level Qualifiers
    • !CYCLE Paths and Loops
  • Model Line
    • Analysis of Variance
    • Fixed sub-model
    • Linear Mixed Model
    • Model terms
    • Missing Values
    • mu + Trait
    • Random submodel
    • !WT Weighted Analysis
    • Model functions
      • AND()
      • AT()
      • CON()
      • COS()
      • SIN()
      • FAC()
      • GIV()
      • IDE()
      • INV()
      • LOG()
      • POW()
      • SQRT()
      • LEG()
      • POL()
      • LIN()
      • MA1()
      • OUT()
      • QTL()
      • SPL()
      • UNI()
      • XFA()
  • Fixed Model
    • Missing values in the Response
  • Analysis of Variance
    • ASReml ANOVA table
  • Linear Model
    • Generalized Linear Models
    • Generalized Linear Mixed Models
    • Multivariate Analysis
  • Variance Structure definition
    • Variance Structure Qualifiers
    • Variance Models
    • Variance Models
    • Factor Analysis models
    • G-structures
    • R structures
    • Variance Header Line
    • Variance Models
    • Variance model keywords
    • Principles of combining variance models
    • Variance Header Line
    • Spatial variance structures
    • Matern class
    • OWN variance model
    • Fixing/Bounding Variance parameters
    • One G structures for more than one random term
  • Genetic Qualifiers
    • Pedigree
    • GIV - General Inverse Variance structure
  • Prediction
    • Underlying Principles
    • Predict Directive
    • Prediction process
    • Complicated weighting
    • !PLOT graphic control qualifiers
  • Operational Details
    • Singularities
  • Heritability calculations
    • Heritability calculations
• ASReml License Management
  • Introduction
  • Individual License
    • About Individual Licenses
    • Individual License Installation
  • Network License
    • About Network Licenses
    • Network Installation
    • Updating FLEXlm Installations
  • Upgrading Existing Licenses
  • ASReml License Details