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PSCBS (version 0.38.4)

estimateKappa.PairedPSCBS: Estimate global background in segmented copy numbers

Description

Estimate global background in segmented copy numbers. The global background, here called $\kappa$, may have multiple origins where normal contamination is one, but not necessarily the only one.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'PairedPSCBS':
estimateKappa(this, flavor=c("density(C1)"), ...)

Arguments

flavor
A character string specifying which type of estimator to use.
...
Additional arguments passed to the estimator.

Value

  • Returns the background estimate as a numeric scalar.

See Also

Internally, one of the following methods are used: *estimateKappaByC1Density().