WGCNA (version 1.68)

newConsensusTree: Create a new consensus tree

Description

This function creates a new consensus tree, a class for representing "recipes" for hierarchical consensus calculations.

Usage

newConsensusTree(
   consensusOptions = newConsensusOptions(), 
   inputs, 
   analysisName = NULL)

Arguments

consensusOptions

An object of class ConsensusOptions, usually obtained by calling newConsensusOptions.

inputs

A vector (or list) of inputs. Each component can be either a character string giving a names of a data set, or another ConsensusTree object.

analysisName

Optional specification of a name for this consensus analysis. While this has no effect on the actual consensus calculation, some functions use this character string to make certain file names unique.

Value

A list with class set to "ConsensusTree" with these components: consensusOptionsA copy of the input consensusOptions. inputsA copy of the input inputs. analysisNameA copy of the input analysisName.

Details

Consensus trees specify a "recipe" for the calculation of hierarchical consensus in hierarchicalConsensusCalculation and other functions.

See Also

hierarchicalConsensusCalculation for hierarchical consensus calculation for which a ConsensusTree object specifies the recipe