SEAGLE - Scalable Exact Algorithm for Large-Scale Set-Based Gene-Environment Interaction Tests

The explosion of biobank data offers immediate opportunities for gene-environment (GxE) interaction studies of complex diseases because of the large sample sizes and rich collection in genetic and non-genetic information. However, the extremely large sample size also introduces new computational challenges in GxE assessment, especially for set-based GxE variance component (VC) tests, a widely used strategy to boost overall GxE signals and to evaluate the joint GxE effect of multiple variants from a biologically meaningful unit (e.g., gene). We present 'SEAGLE', a Scalable Exact AlGorithm for Large-scale Set-based GxE tests, to permit GxE VC test scalable to biobank data. 'SEAGLE' employs modern matrix computations to achieve the same “exact” results as the original GxE VC tests, and does not impose additional assumptions nor relies on approximations. 'SEAGLE' can easily accommodate sample sizes in the order of 10^5, is implementable on standard laptops, and does not require specialized equipment. The accompanying manuscript for this package can be found at Chi, Ipsen, Hsiao, Lin, Wang, Lee, Lu, and Tzeng. (2021+) <arXiv:2105.03228>.

Last updated 3 years ago

4.30 score 8 scripts 191 downloads

L2E - Robust Structured Regression via the L2 Criterion

An implementation of a computational framework for performing robust structured regression with the L2 criterion from Chi and Chi (2021+). Improvements using the majorization-minimization (MM) principle from Liu, Chi, and Lange (2022+) added in Version 2.0.

Last updated 2 years ago

2.70 score 2 scripts 237 downloads

kpodclustr - Method for Clustering Partially Observed Data

Software for k-means clustering of partially observed data from Chi, Chi, and Baraniuk (2016) <doi:10.1080/00031305.2015.1086685>.

Last updated 5 years ago

1.73 score 1 dependents 18 scripts 182 downloads