estimateKappa.PairedPSCBS: Estimate global background in segmented copy numbers

estimateKappa.PairedPSCBSR Documentation

Estimate global background in segmented copy numbers

Description

Estimate global background in segmented copy numbers. The global background, here called \kappa, may have multiple origins where normal contamination is one, but not necessarily the only one.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'PairedPSCBS'
estimateKappa(this, flavor=c("density(C1)"), ...)

Arguments

flavor

A character string specifying which type of estimator to use.

...

Additional arguments passed to the estimator.

Value

Returns the background estimate as a numeric scalar.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

See Also

Internally, one of the following methods are used: *estimateKappaByC1Density().


PSCBS documentation built on May 29, 2024, 5:59 a.m.