bg.rma {MBCB}R Documentation

MBCB - Robust Multi-Array Average Background Correction for Illumina Beadarray

Description

This function provides the means of using only the Robust Multi-Array Average background correction method for the Illumina platform.

Usage

bg.rma(pm, n.pts = 2^14)

Arguments

pm

The data to be background corrected.

n.pts

Pertains to the specificity or accuracy of the method. 2^14 is the default.

Value

A list with two values:

ex.rma:

A vector containing the background-corrected values.

para:

The statistical summary of the computation.

Note

This method does not make use of negative control beads.

Author(s)

Yang Xie Yang.Xie@UTSouthwestern.edu, Min Chen min.chen@phd.mccombs.utexas.edu, Jeff Allen Jeffrey.Allen@UTSouthwestern.edu

See Also

mbcb.main

Examples

  data(MBCBExpressionData)
  
  bg.rma(expressionSignal[,2]); 

[Package MBCB version 1.42.0 Index]