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title: 'MeLSI: Metric Learning for Statistical Inference in Microbiome Analysis'
version: 1.1.1
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17714848
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.MeLSI
abstract: MeLSI (Metric Learning for Statistical Inference) is a novel machine learning
  method for microbiome data analysis that learns optimal distance metrics to improve
  statistical power in detecting group differences. Unlike traditional distance metrics
  (Bray-Curtis, Euclidean, Jaccard), MeLSI adapts to the specific characteristics
  of your dataset to maximize separation between groups. The method uses an ensemble
  of weak learners to identify which microbial features drive group differences, providing
  both improved statistical power and biological interpretability through feature
  importance weights.
authors:
- family-names: Bresette
  given-names: Nathan
  email: nathanbresette04@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1554-6006
- family-names: Ericsson
  given-names: Aaron C.
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3053-7269
- family-names: Woods
  given-names: Carter
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5345-2712
- family-names: Lin
  given-names: Ai-Ling
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5197-2219
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'MeLSI: Metric Learning for Statistical Inference in Microbiome Analysis'
  authors:
  - family-names: Bresette
    given-names: Nathan
    email: nathanbresette04@gmail.com
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1554-6006
  - family-names: Ericsson
    given-names: Aaron C.
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3053-7269
  - family-names: Woods
    given-names: Carter
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5345-2712
  - family-names: Lin
    given-names: Ai-Ling
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5197-2219
  year: '2025'
  notes: R package version 0.99.0
  url: https://github.com/NathanBresette/MeLSI
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17714848
repository: https://bioc.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/NathanBresette/MeLSI
commit: b8293765047fd6704996b800830618792d2efe08
url: https://github.com/NathanBresette/MeLSI
date-released: '2026-06-01'
contact:
- family-names: Bresette
  given-names: Nathan
  email: nathanbresette04@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1554-6006
references:
- type: article
  title: 'MeLSI: Metric Learning for Statistical Inference in Microbiome Community
    Composition Analysis'
  authors:
  - family-names: Bresette
    given-names: Nathan
  - family-names: Ericsson
    given-names: Aaron C.
  - family-names: Woods
    given-names: Carter
  - family-names: Lin
    given-names: Ai-Ling
  year: '2025'
  journal: bioRxiv
  doi: 10.64898/2025.12.04.692328
  url: https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.04.692328
  notes: Preprint