Figure 3

Plots of the trend of the median mean square error of prediction with each loop. Plot (a) shows the trend for the simulated lactations with an average peak and high persistency, APHP and (b) for the simulated lactations with a high peak and low persistency, HPLP; the symbols represent the number (m) of TD per lactation used to estimate the lactation yield, where □ is for m = 4, o for m = 5 and Δ for m = 6; the regression lines show the trend of median MSEP values from loop 1 through to loop 10.