6 Evaluating the performance of inferences for Isolation by distance

Genepop can analyze multiple files, using the settings settings

 GenepopRootFile=file                   <-- or GenepopRootFileName...
 JobMin=1
 JobMax=100

This will perform analysis of data in files file1 to file100. Default values of these three settings are GP, 1, and 1. Users need to assemble results from the multiple output files. A more integrated output is provided for analyses of isolation by distance. For the regression estimators of \(D\sigma^2\) (menu options 6.5 and 6.6), the result.CI file will contain a table of point estimates, bootstrap confidence intervals, and (if requested using the testPoint setting) the bootstrap P-value for a given tested neighborhood value. including the performance of the bootstrap confidence intervals.

The Performance=value setting provides a convenient (if somewhat ad hoc) shortcut for selecting the following analyses:

analysis	value
\(\hat{a}\), 1-dim.	aLinear or equivalently a1D
\(\hat{e}\), 2-dim.	aPlanar or a2D
\(\hat{a}\), 1-dim.	eLinear or e1D
\(\hat{e}\), 2-dim.	ePlanar or e2D
\(F/(1-F)\), 1-dim.	FLinear or F2D
\(F/(1-F)\), 2-dim.	FPlanar or F2D

Performance sets Genepop in batch mode. Then, the GenepopRootFile, JobMin, and JobMax values must be given in the settings file. Alternatively, these values can be given interactively if the Ask or Default mode has been specified after the Performance setting, in which case Genepop will carry all further computations in Default mode.