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PyMix - The Python mixture package - a tool for clustering of heterogeneous biological data
Background: Cluster analysis is an important technique for the exploratory analysis of biological data. Such data is often high-dimensional, inherently noisy and contains outliers...
Benjamin Georgi, Ivan Gesteira Costa, Alexander Sc...
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2010
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The behaviour of random forest permutation-based variable importance measures under predictor correlation
Background: Random forests (RF) have been increasingly used in applications such as genome-wide association and microarray studies where predictor correlation is frequently observ...
Kristin K. Nicodemus, James D. Malley, Carolin Str...
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2010
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Effects of scanning sensitivity and multiple scan algorithms on microarray data quality
Background: Maximizing the utility of DNA microarray data requires optimization of data acquisition through selection of an appropriate scanner setting. To increase the amount of ...
Andrew Williams, Errol M. Thomson
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2010
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Biomarker discovery in heterogeneous tissue samples -taking the in-silico deconfounding approach
Background: For heterogeneous tissues, such as blood, measurements of gene expression are confounded by relative proportions of cell types involved. Conclusions have to rely on es...
Dirk Repsilber, Sabine Kern, Anna Telaar, Gerhard ...
BMCBI
2010
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MLPAinter for MLPA interpretation: an integrated approach for the analysis, visualisation and data management of Multiplex Ligat
Background: Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) is an application that can be used for the detection of multiple chromosomal aberrations in a single experiment...
Ronald van Eijk, Paul H. C. Eilers, Remco Natt&eac...