<s>
ASReml	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
statistical	O
software	O
package	O
for	O
fitting	O
linear	O
mixed	B-General_Concept
models	I-General_Concept
using	O
restricted	O
maximum	O
likelihood	O
,	O
a	O
technique	O
commonly	O
used	O
in	O
plant	O
and	O
animal	O
breeding	O
and	O
quantitative	O
genetics	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
sparse	B-Algorithm
matrix	I-Algorithm
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ASREML	B-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
an	O
add-on	O
to	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
and	O
R	B-Language
.	O
</s>
