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On Comparing The Clustering Of Regression Models Method With K-Means Clustering, Li-Xuan Qin, Steven G. Self Mar 2007

On Comparing The Clustering Of Regression Models Method With K-Means Clustering, Li-Xuan Qin, Steven G. Self

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Working Paper Series

Gene clustering is a common question addressed with microarray data. Previous methods, such as K-means clustering and hierarchical clustering, base gene clustering directly on the observed measurements. A new model-based clustering method, the clustering of regression models (CORM) method, bases the clustering of genes on their relationship to covariates. It explicitly models different sources of variations and bases gene clustering solely on the systematic variation. Both being partitional clustering, CORM is closely related to K-means clustering. In this paper, we discuss the relationship between the two clustering methods in terms of both model formulation and implications on other important aspects …


Statistical Evaluation Of Evidence For Clonal Allelic Alterations In Array-Cgh Experiments, Colin B. Begg, Kevin Eng, Adam Olshen, E S. Venkatraman Mar 2007

Statistical Evaluation Of Evidence For Clonal Allelic Alterations In Array-Cgh Experiments, Colin B. Begg, Kevin Eng, Adam Olshen, E S. Venkatraman

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Working Paper Series

In recent years numerous investigators have conducted genetic studies of pairs of tumor specimens from the same patient to determine whether the tumors share a clonal origin. These studies have the potential to be of considerable clinical significance, especially in clinical settings where the distinction of a new primary cancer and metastatic spread of a previous cancer would lead to radically different indications for treatment. Studies of clonality have typically involved comparison of the patterns of somatic mutations in the tumors at candidate genetic loci to see if the patterns are sufficiently similar to indicate a clonal origin. More recently, …