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M3C

Monte Carlo Reference-based Consensus Clustering

Bioconductor version: 3.23 · Package version: 1.34.0

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3.24 (devel), 3.23 (release)

M3C is a consensus clustering algorithm that uses a Monte Carlo simulation to eliminate overestimation of K and can reject the null hypothesis K=1.

DOI: 10.18129/B9.bioc.M3C

Installation

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("M3C")

Details

MaintainerChristopher John <chris.r.john86@gmail.com>
AuthorChristopher John, David Watson
LicenseAGPL-3
Source branchRELEASE_3_23
Build report Bioconductor build system, r-universe
biocViewsClustering, GeneExpression, ImmunoOncology, RNASeq, Sequencing, Software, Transcription
Package Short Url https://bioconductor.org/packages/M3C/

Citation

From within R, enter citation("M3C"):

Christopher John, David Watson. M3C: Monte Carlo Reference-based Consensus Clustering. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.M3C, R package version 1.34.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/M3C.

Generated from the package metadata; it may differ from the package's own citation.

Documentation

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Follow the installation instructions to use this package in your R session.

Source packageM3C_1.34.0.tar.gz
Windows binary (x86_64)M3C_1.34.0.zip
macOS binary (arm64)M3C_1.34.0.tgz
macOS binary (x86_64)M3C_1.34.0.tgz
Dependencies

Depends: R (>= 3.5.0)

Imports: ggplot2, Matrix, doSNOW, cluster, parallel, foreach, doParallel, matrixcalc, Rtsne, corpcor, umap

Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown

Reverse dependencies

Imports Me (1): lilikoi

Suggests Me (1): parameters