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Table 3 Comparison of iteration numbers of EM-REML and AI-REML (tolerance = 10 −8 ) using simulated data with different heritability levels

From: GVCBLUP: a computer package for genomic prediction and variance component estimation of additive and dominance effects

Replication

h α 2 = 0.0, h δ 2 = 0.0

h α 2 = 0.3, h δ 2 = 0.3

 

EM-REML

AI-REML

EM-REML

AI-REML

1

173

1

322

9

2

231

-

386

12

3

348

-

348

9

4

359

-

354

8

5

481

18

458

10

6

138

-

295

10

7

871

-

416

8

8

134

-

353

9

9

291

16

336

12

10

1000

10001

431

11

  1. 1AI-REML failed.