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pamClass: Classify using Prediction Analysis for MicroArrays

Description

Classify using the Prediction Analysis for MicroArrays (PAM) algorithm as implemented in the pamr package

Usage

pamClass(object, groups, probe2gene = TRUE)

Arguments

object
object containing the expression measurements; currently the only method supported is one for ExpressionSet objects
groups
character string indicating the column containing the class membership
probe2gene
logical; if TRUE Affymetrix probeset IDs are translated into gene symbols; if FALSE no such translation is conducted

Value

  • object of class pamClass

References

Robert Tibshirani, Trevor Hastie, Balasubramanian Narasimhan, and Gilbert Chu (1999). Diagnosis of multiple cancer types by shrunken centroids of gene expression. PNAS 99: 6567-6572. Available at www.pnas.org Goehlmann, H. and W. Talloen (2009). Gene Expression Studies Using Affymetrix Microarrays, Chapman & Hall/CRC, p. 221.

See Also

pamr.train