fixparbd.mae: Sets parametric values

In optbdmaeAT: Optimal Block Designs for Two-Colour cDNA Microarray Experiments

Description

Creates a tcltk widow that allow the users to set or fix values for the parametric combinations to compute optimal or near-optimal block designs.

Usage

fixparbd.mae(Optcrit)

Arguments

Optcrit

character, specifying the optimality criteria to be used. Optcrit takes the letter "A", "MV","D" and "E" for A-, MV-, D- and E-optimal or near-optimal block designs, respectively.

Details

fixparbd.mae creates a pop-up tcltk window that allow the users to set the parametric combinations to compute optimal or near-optimal block designs. The parameters include the number of treatments trt.N, number arrays blk.N, theta value theta, number of replications of the optimization procedure nrep and number of iterations required during exchange procedure itr.cvrgval. Furthermore, on this window, the checkbox options that allow the users to choose whether or not they need to have the graphical layout of the resultant optimal or near-optimal block design, to make a choice between the two-alternative algorithms (treatment exchange and array exchange algorithms) and to print the summary of the resultant optimal or near-optimal block design on R-console directly are available.

After setting all the required parametric combinations and selecting the algorithm of interest, clicking on the search button on the set parametric combinations tcltk window, similar to the results that can be obtained when using the function optbdmaeAT, the summary of the resultant optimal or near-optimal block design will be saved in the current working directory in .csv format and it will also be displayed on R console with graphical layout of the resultant optimal or near-optimal block designs.

Value

The fixparbd.mae function creates a pop-up tcltk window that allow the users to set the parametric combinations to compute optimal or near-optimal block designs.

Author(s)

Dibaba Bayisa Gemechu, Legesse Kassa Debusho, and Linda Haines

See Also

optbdmaeAT, mmenubd.mae, tcltk, TkWidgets

optbdmaeAT documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:51 a.m.