ELBOW (version 1.8.0)

do_elbow: calculates the upper and lower elbow cut-off fold-values

Description

calculates the upper and lower elbow cut-off fold-values

Usage

do_elbow(fold_values)

Arguments

fold_values

a data.frame containing all of the fold values to calculate the elbow for.

Value

a list containing the following:

• up_limit --- the upper (most positive) limit of the elbow curve
• low_limit --- the lower (most negative) limit of the elbow curve

Examples

# read in the EcoliMutMA sample data from the package
		data(EcoliMutMA, package="ELBOW")
		csv_data <- EcoliMutMA
		# - OR - Read in a CSV file (uncomment - remove the #'s
		#        - from the line below and replace 'filename' with
		#        the CSV file's filename)
		# csv_data <- read.csv(filename)

		# set the number of initial and final condition replicates both to three
		init_count  <- 3
		final_count <- 3

		# Parse the probes, intial conditions and final conditions
		# out of the CSV file.  Please see: extract_working_sets
		# for more information.
		#
		# init_count should be the number of columns associated with
		#       the initial conditions of the experiment.
		# final_count should be the number of columns associated with
		#       the final conditions of the experiment.
		working_sets <- extract_working_sets(csv_data, init_count, final_count)

		probes <- working_sets[[1]]
		initial_conditions <- working_sets[[2]]
		final_conditions <- working_sets[[3]]

		# Uncomment to output the plot to a PNG file (optional)
		# png(file="output_plot.png")

		my_data <- replicates_to_fold(probes, initial_conditions, final_conditions)

		# compute the elbow for the dataset
		limits <- do_elbow(data.frame(my_data$fold))