v1.2.0

Version 1.2.0

• Help documentation added: to view the help documentation for functions scan(), and bulkscan(), type ? in front of the functions.
• New features:
  • Added the wrapper function bulkscan() for the three algorithms of multiple-trait scans previously named as bulkscan_null(), bulkscan_null_grid(), bulkscan_alt_grid(). Now, the user can simply call the common interface bulkscan(...; method = ) by supplying with the method by the user's specific favor of computational speed or precision. Allowable inputs are string types, named as "null-exact", "null-grid", "alt-grid". The default option is "null-grid" with a loose grid of h2-step of size 0.1 (a grid of 10 values from 0.0, 0.10, ..., 0.90).
  • Added the option for SVD decomposition of the kinship matrix. To use this feature, supply the option decomp_scheme = svd.
  • Added the option in both scan() and bulkscan() functions for returning the $-log_{10}(p)$ result, where $p$ is the likelihood ratio test p-value: To use this feature, supply the option output_pvals = true. For more details, check the help instruction by ?scan(), ?bulkscan().
• Fixed bugs:
  • Fixed a bug causing compilation error in bulkscan() "null-grid" algorithm with REML due to a typo.
  • Fixed a bug causing output dimension mismatch when using the function scan() for permutation testing with adjusted covariates.