switchBox (version 1.6.0)

SWAP.KTSP.Classifiy: Function to classify samples using a KTSP classifier.

Description

SWAP.KTSP.Classify classifies new test samples using KTSP coming out of the function SWAP.KTSP.Train.

Usage

SWAP.KTSP.Classify(inputMat, classifier, DecisionFunc)

Arguments

inputMat

is a numerical matrix containing the measurements (e.g., gene expression data) to be used with a K-TSP classifier to classify the samples in a specific class or the other. In this numerical matrix the columns represent the samples and the rows represent the features (e.g., genes) used by the classification rule. Note that rownames(inputMat) will be used to select the features (e.g., gene symbols) contained in the K-TSP classifier.

classifier

the classifier obtained by invoking SWAP.KTSP.Train.

DecisionFunc

is the function used to generate the final classification prediction by combining the comparisons of the TSPs in the classifier. By default each sample is classified according to the class voted by the majority of the TSPs (``majority wins'' principle). Different decision rules can be also specified using alternative functions passed DecisionFunc, as described below (see ``details'').

Value

This function returns the predicted class for each sample in the form of a factor.

Details

The SWAP.KTSP.Classify classifies new test samples based on a specific decision rule. By default, each sample is classified based on the the majority voting rule of the comparisons of TSPs in the classifier. Alternative rules can be defined by the user and passed to SWAP.KTSP.Classify using the argument DecisionFunc. A decision function takes as its input a logical vector x corresponding to the individual decision of each TSP (TRUE if the first feature in the pair is larger then the second, FALSE in the opposite case). The output of the DecisionFunction is a single logical value summarizing all votes of the individual TSPs (see examples below).

References

See switchBox for the references.

See Also

SWAP.KTSP.Train, SWAP.Filter.Wilcoxon, SWAP.CalculateSignedScore

Examples

##################################################
### Load gene expression data for the training set
data(trainingData)


### Show group variable for the TRAINING set
table(trainingGroup)


##################################################
### Train a classifier using default filtering function based on the Wilcoxon test
classifier <- SWAP.KTSP.Train(matTraining, trainingGroup, krange=c(3, 5, 8:15))

### Show the classifier
classifier

### Apply the classifier to the TRAINING set using default decision rule
trainingPrediction <- SWAP.KTSP.Classify(matTraining, classifier)

### Resubstitution performance in the TRAINING set
### Define a "positive" test result if needed
table(trainingPrediction, trainingGroup)


### Use an alternative DecideFunction to classify each patient
### Here for instance at least two TSPs must agree
trainingPrediction <- SWAP.KTSP.Classify(matTraining, classifier,
					 DecisionFunc = function(x) sum(x) > 5.5 )

### Contingency table for the TRAINING set
table(trainingPrediction, trainingGroup)


##################################################
### Testing on new data

### Load the example data for the TEST set
data(testingData)

### Show group variable for the TEST set
table(testingGroup)

### Apply the classifier to one sample of the TEST set using default decision rule
testPrediction <- SWAP.KTSP.Classify(matTesting[ , 1, drop=FALSE], classifier)

### Show prediction
testPrediction

### Apply the classifier to the complete the TEST set
### using decision rule defined above (agreement of two TSPs)
testPrediction <- SWAP.KTSP.Classify(matTesting,
  classifier, DecisionFunc = function(x) sum(x) > 5.5)

### Show prediction
head(testPrediction, n=10)

### Contingency table for the TEST set
table(testPrediction, testingGroup)