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Stochastic Lanczos estimation of genomic variance components for linear mixed-effects models Public Deposited

https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/articles/vd66w090s
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  • Linear mixed-effects models (LMM) are a leading method in conducting genome-wide association studies (GWAS) but require residual maximum likelihood (REML) estimation of variance components, which is computationally demanding. Previous work has reduced the computational burden of variance component estimation by replacing direct matrix operations with iterative and stochastic methods and by employing loose tolerances to limit the number of iterations in the REML optimization procedure. Here, we introduce two novel algorithms, stochastic Lanczos derivative-free REML (SLDF_REML) and Lanczos first-order Monte Carlo REML (L_FOMC_REML), that exploit problem structure via the principle of Krylov subspace shift-invariance to speed computation beyond existing methods. Both novel algorithms only require a single round of computation involving iterative matrix operations, after which their respective objectives can be repeatedly evaluated using vector operations. Further, in contrast to existing stochastic methods, SLDF_REML can exploit precomputed genomic relatedness matrices (GRMs), when available, to further speed computation.

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  • 2020-06-19
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  • 1471-2105
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