pairOfNetworks-class: Class '"pairOfNetworks"'
In dna: Differential Network Analysis

Description Objects from the Class Slots Methods Examples

The class of a pair of networks that can be used for differential network analysis.

Objects can be created by calls of the form new("pairOfNetworks", ...).

network1:: Object of class "matrix"; the first network of expression values with genes in columns and subjects in rows.
network2:: Object of class "matrix"; the second network of expression values with genes in columns and subjects in rows.

get.common.networks: signature(object = "pairOfNetworks"):
get.network1: signature(object = "pairOfNetworks"): returns the first network from an object of class "pairOfNetworks".
get.network2: signature(object = "pairOfNetworks"): returns the second network from an object of class "pairOfNetworks".
show: signature(object = "pairOfNetworks"): lists the number of subjects and genes in each network as well as the number of genes common to both networks.

# small example illustrating how a pair of networks is
# preprocessed to obtain and align a set of common genes
X1=rbind(
c(2.5,6.7,4.5,2.3,8.4,3.1),
c(1.2,0.7,4.0,9.1,6.6,7.1),
c(4.3,-1.2,7.5,3.8,1.0,9.3),
c(9.5,7.6,5.4,2.3,1.1,0.2))
colnames(X1)=paste("G",1:6,sep="")
X2=rbind(
c(4.5,2.4,6.8,5.6,4.5,1.2,4.5),
c(7.6,9.0,0.1,3.4,5.6,5.5,1.2),
c(8.3,4.5,7.0,1.2,4.3,3.7,6.8),
c(3.4,1.1,6.9,7.2,3.1,0.9,6.6),
c(3.4,2.2,1.3,5.5,9.8,6.7,0.6))
colnames(X2)=paste("G",8:2,sep="")
networks=new("pairOfNetworks",network1=X1,network2=X2)
get.common.networks(networks)

# extract network 1
get.network1(networks)
# extract network 2
get.network2(networks)