Modeling Committee
The function of this group is to serve the animal nutrition research community by improving the use of predictive technologies and tools, to best utilize available platforms, and to work with researchers to effectively share, combine, manage, manipulate, and analyze models and modeling information.
Committee Members
Luis O. Tedeschi
Dominique P. Bureau
Todd R. Callaway
University of Georgia
Ruminant Nutrition, Monogastric and Ruminant Microbiology
Peter R. Ferket
Arthur L. Goetsch
Timothy J. Hackmann
Mark D. Hanigan
Hector M. Menendez III
Edgar O. Oviedo-Rondon
Emiliano Raffrenato
Aline Remus
Heidi A. Rossow
Mike VandeHaar
Robin White
Sarah H. White-Springer
Objectives
- Coordinate with the NRC to support model development and maintenance.
- Identify needs to achieve a cross-species comprehensive feed database.
- Develop a database of observed data that could be used for model testing.
- Develop guidelines for data reporting in publications to better serve nutrient response model development.
- Provide guidance for future development of nutrient availability models.
- Identify methods to allow the use of a common software platform across species.
- Provide guidance regarding deployment of open vs locked model code.
Accomplishments
Software Downloads: Nutrient Requirement Models (Compatible with Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit machines):
- NRC Beef model (1996, 2000): Beef Set Up 1.0.3
- NRC Dairy model (2001): Dairy Set Up 1.1.9
Supportive Documentation for Above Programs: