presto: Fast Functions for Differential Expression Using Wilcoxon and AUC

Scalable implementation of the Wilcoxon rank sum test and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (also known as auROC or AUC) statistic. Interfaces to dense and sparse matrices, as well as the genomics analysis frameworks 'Seurat' and 'SingleCellExperiment'.

Package details

AuthorIlya Korsunsky [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4848-3948>), Aparna Nathan [aut], Nghia Millard [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0518-7674>), Soumya Raychaudhuri [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1901-8265>), Kamil Slowikowski [cre, ctb] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2843-6370>), Austin Hartman [ctb] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7278-1852>)
MaintainerKamil Slowikowski <kslowikowski@gmail.com>
LicenseGPL-3
Version1.1.0
Package repositoryView on CRAN
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install.packages("presto")

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presto documentation built on Sept. 30, 2026, 5:13 p.m.