Table 6 ESS for 3000 iterations of the two Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms with the unimodal, bimodal, QTLMAS and field data sets

From: Bayesian adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation of genetic parameters

 

Learning phase

Adapted phase

 

σa2

σd2

σe2

σa2

σd2

σe2

Unimodal data set

 ESS

10.36

8.76

29.56

176.71

318.15

191.81

Bimodal data set

 ESS

12.82

12.10

11.27

240.56

159.68

176.44

QTLMAS data set

 ESS

41.24

3.58

116.98

242.90

93.37

204.64

 

Learning phase

Adapted phase

 

σ a 2

σ g 2 × e

σ e 2

σ a 2

σ g 2 × e

σ e 2

Field data (Bayes_ID)

ESS

178.28

21.35

27.85

125.72

196.51

133.22

  1. Abbreviation: ESS, effective sample size.