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THE ESTIMATION OF LINKAGE ON AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTER
Author(s) -
SIMPSON H. R.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1958.tb01429.x
Subject(s) - linkage (software) , coding (social sciences) , record linkage , computer science , extension (predicate logic) , electronic computer , estimation , statistics , mathematics , genetics , biology , engineering , computer engineering , demography , sociology , systems engineering , programming language , population , gene
Summary A programme for analysing human linkage data from two‐generation families on an electronic computer is described. In particular the coding of the data in a suitable form and the computing time are discussed. Suggestions are made for the extension of the programme for handling data from three‐ or more generation families.