Two samples are directly connected if they share at least one quantified fragment ion. Two samples in a connected component are either directly connected or indirectly via other samples.
connected_component(X)
A vector with length equal to the number of columns of the input containing membership of the connected components.
A matrix of intensities in the log2 space. Columns are samples and rows are fragment ions.
Thang V. Pham
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