Efficient computation with a linear mixed model on large-scale data sets with applications to genetic studies

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 369-390

  Pirinen, Matti ^a   Donnelly, Peter ^a   Spencer, Chris C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; Genetic association study; Linear mixed model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876017803     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/12-AOAS586     Document Type: Article

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