Table 3.
Comparison of iteration numbers of EM-REML and AI-REML (tolerance = 10 −8 ) using simulated data with different heritability levels
| 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 |
1AI-REML failed.