title: Alternative implementations of Monte Carlo EM algorithms for likelihood inferences.
abstract: Two methods of computing Monte Carlo estimators of variance components using restricted maximum likelihood via the expectation-maximisation algorithm are reviewed. A third approach is suggested and the performance of the methods is compared using simulated data.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Zaragoza, Calle Miguel Servet 177, Zaragoza, 50013, Spain.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: García-Cortés
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sorensen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D008390:Markov Chains; D008433:Mathematics; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method