This function attempts to put all data components into a 3-dimensional array, with the last
dimension corresponding to the sets. This is only possible if all data components are matrices or
data frames with the same dimensiosn.
mtd.simplify(multiData)A 3-dimensional array collecting all data components.
A multiData structure in the "strict" sense (see below).
Peter Langfelder
A multiData structure is intended to store (the same type of) data for multiple, possibly independent,
realizations
(for example, expression data for several independent experiments). It is a list where
each component corresponds to an (independent) data set. Each component is in turn a list that can hold
various types of information but must have a data component. In a "strict" multiData structure, the
data components are required to each be a matrix or a data frame and have the same number of
columns. In a "loose" multiData structure, the data components can be anything (but for most
purposes should be of comparable type and content).
This function assumes a "strict" multiData structure.
multiData to create a multiData structure;
multiData2list for converting multiData structures to plain lists.