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TIME AND RECURSIVENESS IN LIVESTOCK FEEDING TRIALS *
Author(s) -
Duloy J.H.,
Battese George E.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australian journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.683
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-8489
pISSN - 0004-9395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1967.tb00038.x
Subject(s) - livestock , function (biology) , variable (mathematics) , computer science , control (management) , mathematics , econometrics , biology , artificial intelligence , ecology , evolutionary biology , mathematical analysis
In livestock feeding experiments the problem of recursiveness arises because the quantity of feed consumed by an animal is a function of its past history of feeding. The problem is most acute where experiments are designed to analyse sub ad lib feeding. The analysis of such experiments encounters two important problems. The first is that the actual quantity of feed consumed is an endogenous variable and is not directly under the control of the experimenter or the livestock producer. The second problem is the mathematical complexity of the relationships involved. A solution is suggested as a quasi reduced‐form model.