Fast R Functions for Robust Correlations and Hierarchical Clustering

Fast R Functions for Robust Correlations and Hierarchical Clustering

Many high-throughput biological data analyses require the calculation of large correlation matrices and/or clustering of a large number of objects. The standard R function for calculating Pearson correlation can handle calculations without missing values efficiently, but is inefficient when applied...

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Main Authors: Peter Langfelder, Steve Horvath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
Subjects:
Pearson correlation
robust correlation
hierarchical clustering
R
Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/v46/i11/paper

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