Inferring meta-covariates in classification

Harris, K., McMillan, L. and Girolami, M. (2009) Inferring meta-covariates in classification. In: 4th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics, Sheffield, UK, 7-9 Sept 2009, pp. 150-161. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-04031-3_14)

Abstract

This paper develops an alternative method for gene selection that combines model based clustering and binary classification. By averaging the covariates within the clusters obtained from model based clustering, we define “meta-covariates” and use them to build a probit regression model, thereby selecting clusters of similarly behaving genes, aiding interpretation. This simultaneous learning task is accomplished by an EM algorithm that optimises a single likelihood function which rewards good performance at both classification and clustering. We explore the performance of our methodology on a well known leukaemia dataset and use the Gene Ontology to interpret our results.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hopcroft, Dr Lisa
• Authors: Harris, K., McMillan, L., and Girolami, M.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences
• Publisher: Springer

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