Package 'geva' reference manual

Title:	Gene Expression Variation Analysis (GEVA)
Description:	Statistic methods to evaluate variations of differential expression (DE) between multiple biological conditions. It takes into account the fold-changes and p-values from previous differential expression (DE) results that use large-scale data (e.g., microarray and RNA-seq) and evaluates which genes would react in response to the distinct experiments. This evaluation involves an unique pipeline of statistical methods, including weighted summarization, quantile detection, cluster analysis, and ANOVA tests, in order to classify a subset of relevant genes whose DE is similar or dependent to certain biological factors.
Authors:	Itamar José Guimarães Nunes [aut, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6246-4658>), Murilo Zanini David [ctb], Bruno César Feltes [ctb] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2825-8295>), Marcio Dorn [ctb] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8534-3480>)
Maintainer:	Itamar José Guimarães Nunes <[email protected]>
License:	LGPL-3
Version:	1.21.0
Built:	2026-05-30 08:13:07 UTC
Source:	https://github.com/bioc/geva

GEVA Generic Methods

Description

Exhaustive list of generic methods exported from GEVA. Use findMethods to retrieve the specific usages.

Usage

inputvalues(object)

inputweights(object, normalized)

inputdata(object)

inputnames(object)

infolist(object, field, ...)

infolist(object) <- value

factors(object)

factors(object) <- value

classification.table(object)

classification.table(object) <- value

analysis.params(gobject)

featureTable(object)

featureTable(object) <- value

sv(object)

svattr(S, V)

elem.class(typedlist)

elem.class(typedlist) <- value

groupsets(object)

groupsets(object) <- value

groups(object)

scores(object, group)

centroids(object)

offsets(object)

sv.scores(object)

qindexes(object)

qareasizes(object)

qcount(object)

quantiles(object)

quantiles.method(object)

group.rels(object)

cluster.method(object)

results.table(gres)

sv.data(object)

variation(object, ...)

get.summary.method(x)

get.variation.method(x)

get.distance.method(x)

as.SVTable(x, ...)
inputvalues(object)

inputweights(object, normalized)

inputdata(object)

inputnames(object)

infolist(object, field, ...)

infolist(object) <- value

factors(object)

factors(object) <- value

classification.table(object)

classification.table(object) <- value

analysis.params(gobject)

featureTable(object)

featureTable(object) <- value

sv(object)

svattr(S, V)

elem.class(typedlist)

elem.class(typedlist) <- value

groupsets(object)

groupsets(object) <- value

groups(object)

scores(object, group)

centroids(object)

offsets(object)

sv.scores(object)

qindexes(object)

qareasizes(object)

qcount(object)

quantiles(object)

quantiles.method(object)

group.rels(object)

cluster.method(object)

results.table(gres)

sv.data(object)

variation(object, ...)

get.summary.method(x)

get.variation.method(x)

get.distance.method(x)

as.SVTable(x, ...)

Arguments

object, x, gobject

Primary object. See the documentation from each class for specific usages

normalized

logical, whether to return values in the normalized scale

field

When used with a information list, returns the information entry with the corresponding name

...

Additional parameters. If used with an imported S3 method, passes the arguments to the default vector, matrix or data.frame implementation

value

The value to be assigned

S

Vector to construct the S slot

V

Vector to construct the V slot

typedlist

A TypedList object

group

Character to filter the returned groups. Omit it to return all groups

gres

A GEVAResults objec

Value

See the specific usages for each method.

Examples

# Returing analysis parameters from an object
gsummary <- geva.summarize(geva.ideal.example(),
                           summary.method="mean",
                           variation.method="sd")
anpars <- analysis.params(gsummary)
print(anpars)
# $summary.method
# [1] "mean"
# $variation.method
# [1] "sd"

# Returing analysis parameters from an object
gsummary <- geva.summarize(geva.ideal.example(),
                           summary.method="mean",
                           variation.method="sd")
anpars <- analysis.params(gsummary)
print(anpars)
# $summary.method
# [1] "mean"
# $variation.method
# [1] "sd"

GEVA Cluster Analysis

Description

Performs a cluster analysis from summarized data.

Usage

geva.cluster(
  sv,
  cluster.method = options.cluster.method,
  cl.score.method = options.cl.score.method,
  resolution = 0.3,
  distance.method = options.distance,
  ...,
  grouped.return = FALSE
)

options.cluster.method
# c("hierarchical", "density", "quantiles")

options.cl.score.method
# c("auto", "hclust.height", "density", "centroid")

options.distance
# c("euclidean", "manhattan")
geva.cluster(
  sv,
  cluster.method = options.cluster.method,
  cl.score.method = options.cl.score.method,
  resolution = 0.3,
  distance.method = options.distance,
  ...,
  grouped.return = FALSE
)

options.cluster.method
# c("hierarchical", "density", "quantiles")

options.cl.score.method
# c("auto", "hclust.height", "density", "centroid")

options.distance
# c("euclidean", "manhattan")

Arguments

sv

a numeric SVTable object (usually GEVASummary)

cluster.method

character, one of the main grouping methods (see ‘Details’)

cl.score.method

character, method used to calculate the cluster scores for each point. Ignored if cluster.method is quantiles

resolution

numeric (0 to 1), used as a "zoom" parameter for cluster detection. A zero value returns the minimum number of clusters that can detected by the cluster.method, while 1 returns the maximum amount of clusters. Ignored if cluster.method is quantiles

distance.method

character, two-point distance calculation method. Options are "eucludian" or "manhattan" distances

...

further arguments passed to geva.dcluster(), geva.hcluster(), or geva.quantiles().
In addition, the following arguments are accepted:

eps : numeric, defines the epsilon coefficient for density clustering (see 'Details')
mink.p : numeric, parameter for the Minkowsky metric used in hierarchial clustering. Used as the p argument for fastcluster::hclust.vector()
verbose : logical, whether to print the current progress (default is TRUE)

grouped.return

logical, whether to concatenate the clustered and summarized data into a single object

Details

The cluster.method determines which grouping subroutine is used to classify the summarized data points based on distance and partitioning. Each option has their equivalent functions that can be called directly: "density" uses geva.dcluster(); "hierarchical" uses geva.hcluster(); and "quantiles" calls geva.quantiles(). However, this wrapper function can also be used to join GEVASummary and GEVAGroupSet objects into a single GEVAGroupedSummary object by setting grouped.return to TRUE.

The cl.score.method argument defines how scores are calculated for each SV point (row in sv) that was assigned to a cluster, (i.e., excluding non-clustered points). If specified as "auto", the parameter will be selected based on the cluster.method: "density" (rate of neighbor points) for the density method; and "hclust.height" (local hierarchy height) for the hierarchical method. The "centroid" method calculates the scores based on the proportional distance between each point to its cluster's centroid. Note that the cl.score.method argument is ignored if cluster.method is "quantiles", since quantile scores are always based on their local centroid distances.

The resolution value is a more accessible way to define the cluster separation threshold used in density and hierarchical clustering methods. Density clusters uses an epsilon value that represents the minimum distance of separation, whereas hierarchical clusters are defined by cutting the hierarchy tree wherever there is a minimum distance between two hierarchies. In this sense, resolution translates a value between 0 and 1 to propotional value for epsilon or hierarchical height (depending on the cluster.method) that would result in the least number of possible clusters for 0 and the highest number for 1. Nevertheless, if epsilon is specified as eps in the optinal arguments, its value is used and resolution is ignored.

Value

This function produces a GEVAGroupSet-derived object, particularly a GEVACluster for the "hierarchical" and "density" cluster methods or a GEVAQuantiles for the "quantiles" method.

However, if grouped.return is TRUE and sv is a GEVASummary object, the produced GEVAGroupSet data will be concatenated to the input and returned as a GEVAGroupedSummary

Examples

## Cluster analysis from a randomly generated input 

# Preparing the data
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()      # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)  # Summarizes with the default parameters

# Hierarchical clustering
gclust <- geva.cluster(gsummary, cluster.method="hierarchical")
plot(gclust)

# Density clustering
gclust <- geva.cluster(gsummary, cluster.method="density")
plot(gclust)

# Density clustering with slightly more resolution
gclust <- geva.cluster(gsummary,
                       cluster.method="density",
                       resolution=0.35)
plot(gclust)

## Cluster analysis from a randomly generated input 

# Preparing the data
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()      # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)  # Summarizes with the default parameters

# Hierarchical clustering
gclust <- geva.cluster(gsummary, cluster.method="hierarchical")
plot(gclust)

# Density clustering
gclust <- geva.cluster(gsummary, cluster.method="density")
plot(gclust)

# Density clustering with slightly more resolution
gclust <- geva.cluster(gsummary,
                       cluster.method="density",
                       resolution=0.35)
plot(gclust)

GEVA Density Clustering

Description

Performs a density cluster analysis from summarized data.

Usage

geva.dcluster(
  sv,
  resolution = 0.3,
  dcluster.method = options.dcluster.method,
  cl.score.method = options.cl.score.method,
  minpts = 2,
  ...,
  eps = NA_real_,
  include.raw.results = FALSE
)

options.dcluster.method
# c("dbscan", "optics")
geva.dcluster(
  sv,
  resolution = 0.3,
  dcluster.method = options.dcluster.method,
  cl.score.method = options.cl.score.method,
  minpts = 2,
  ...,
  eps = NA_real_,
  include.raw.results = FALSE
)

options.dcluster.method
# c("dbscan", "optics")

Arguments

sv

a numeric SVTable object (usually GEVASummary)

resolution

numeric (0 to 1), used as a "zoom" parameter for cluster detection. A zero value returns the minimum number of clusters that can detected, while 1 returns the maximum amount of detectable clusters. Ignored if eps is specified

dcluster.method

character, density-based method for cluster separation

cl.score.method

character, method used to calculate the cluster scores for each point. If "auto", the "density" method is selected

minpts

integer, minimum number of points required to form a cluster

...

additional arguments. Accepts verbose (logical, default is TRUE) to enable or disable printing the current progress

eps

numeric, maximum neighborhood distance between points to be clustered

include.raw.results

logical, whether to attach intermediate results to the returned object

Details

This function performs a density cluster analysis with the aid of implemented methods from the dbscan::dbscan package. The available methods for the dcluster.method arguments are "dbscan" and "options", which internally call dbscan::dbscan() and dbscan::optics(), respectively.

The resolution value is an accessible way to define the cluster separation threshold used in density clustering. The DBSCAN algorithm uses an epsilon value that represents the minimum distance of separation, and resolution translates a value between 0 and 1 to a propotional value within the acceptable range of epsilon values. This allows defining the rate of clusters from 0 to 1, which results in the least number of possible clusters for 0 and the highest number for 1. Nevertheless, if epsilon is specified as eps in the optinal arguments, its value is used and resolution is ignored.

If include.raw.results is TRUE, some aditional data will be attached to the info slot of the returned GEVACluster objects, including the kNN tree generated during the intermediate steps.

Value

A GEVACluster object

Note

In density clustering, only the most dense points are clustered. For the unclustered points, the grouping value is set to NA.

Examples

## Density clustering from a randomly generated input 

# Preparing the data
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()      # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)  # Summarizes with the default parameters

# Density clustering
gclust <- geva.dcluster(gsummary)
plot(gclust)

# Density clustering with slightly more resolution
gclust <- geva.dcluster(gsummary, resolution=0.35)
plot(gclust)

## Density clustering from a randomly generated input 

# Preparing the data
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()      # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)  # Summarizes with the default parameters

# Density clustering
gclust <- geva.dcluster(gsummary)
plot(gclust)

# Density clustering with slightly more resolution
gclust <- geva.dcluster(gsummary, resolution=0.35)
plot(gclust)

Concatenating GEVA calculations into the final results

Description

Merges the obtained information (Summarization, Clustering, and Quantiles), then applies the final steps to produce the classification results for the SV points (genes).

Usage

geva.finalize(
  gsummary,
  ...,
  p.value = 0.05,
  p.val.adjust = options.factoring.p.adjust,
  constraint.factors = TRUE
)

options.factoring.p.adjust
# c("partial.quantiles", "holm", "hochberg", "hommel", 
#   "bonferroni", "BH", "BY", "fdr", "none")
geva.finalize(
  gsummary,
  ...,
  p.value = 0.05,
  p.val.adjust = options.factoring.p.adjust,
  constraint.factors = TRUE
)

options.factoring.p.adjust
# c("partial.quantiles", "holm", "hochberg", "hommel", 
#   "bonferroni", "BH", "BY", "fdr", "none")

Arguments

gsummary

a GEVASummary object

...

Intermediate results produced from the gsummary object, such as clusters (GEVACluster), quantiles (GEVAQuantiles), or any other object inherited from GEVAGroupSet

p.value

numeric (0 to 1), p-value cutoff used in the ANOVA procedures (factor analysis only)

p.val.adjust

character, p-value correction method (factor analysis only). Possible values are: "partial.quantiles", "holm", "hochberg", "hommel", "bonferroni", "BH", "BY", "fdr", "none"

constraint.factors

logical. If TRUE, the S values are restricted to the range within the quantile centroids (factor analysis only)

Details

In this procedure, the SV points (i.e., each row in the GEVASummary object) are classified according to the detected quantiles (see geva.quantiles), whose results can be adjusted using other grouping analysis results such as clusters (see geva.cluster). To achieve the best statistical accuracy, both GEVAQuantiles and GEVACluster objects must be given in the ... as optional arguments. If a GEVAQuantiles argument is not present, it is automatically calculated using the default parameters.

If multiple factors are present in the GEVASummary object (retrieved by factors(gsummary)), a factor analysis is also performed, giving two additional possible classifications (factor-dependent and factor-specific) besides the default ones (similar, basal, and sparse).

In factor analysis, an ANOVA is applied for each gene using Fisher's and Levene's tests to distinguish genes whose logFC (differential expression) variation is dependent or specific to the analyzed factors based on the p-value cutoff. The p.val.adjust argument defines how these p-values will be adjusted: by quantile separation between each factor ("partial.quantiles" method); or by one of the default methods listed in stats::p.adjust.methods.

The constraint.factors argument determines if the S values (summarized logFC) will be limited to the range between the quantile centroids during factor analysis. For example, if the quantile centroids were -0.90, 0.00, and 0.90 in the S axis, values such as -1.53 and 2.96 would be converted to -0.90 and 0.90, respectively. This constraint is particularly applied to avoid significative observations from ANOVA based on multiple degrees of differential expression.
In another example to illustrate the constraint of factors, given two sets of values: A = (-1.00, -1,10, 0.00, 0.20, 1.00, 1.15), and B = (0.00, 0.12, 1.11, 1.00, 1.95, 2.00), with the centroids located in C = (-0.90, 0.00, 0.90), and the factors F = (Cond1, Cond1, Cond2, Cond2, Cond3, Cond3). If constraint.factors is FALSE, both A and B are considered as significantly separated factors, whereas if TRUE, only A will present a significant separation, since in B the values 1.11, 1.00, 1.95, and 2.00 are converted to 0.90. In qualitative terms, if constraint.factors is TRUE, all values above 0.90 are considered the same over-expressed values, ensuring that they will fit in the same degree of differential expression. Hence, in this example using the constrained values, B would not represent a significant separation between the factors Cond1, Cond2, and Cond3.

Value

A GEVAResults object, containing the entire set of results. The relevant genes can be retrieved using top.genes()

Note

To perform factor analysis, the following observations must be considered:

The factors must be defined in the provided data. They can be retrieved using the factors accessor. If factors are not present or are entirelly composed by NA, they can be assigned through factors<- by providing a factor or character vector of the same length of the input columns;
Each factor must include two or more values, since the factor analysis is based on ANOVA and at least two values are needed to variance calculation;
Columns whose factor value is NA are not considered.

Examples

## Finalizing example using a random generated input
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()       # Generates a random input (for testing purposes only)
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)   # Summarizes the input
gquant <- geva.quantiles(gsummary)   # Calculates the quantiles
gclust <- geva.cluster(gsummary)     # Calculates the clusters
gresults <- geva.finalize(gsummary, gquant, gclust)  # Finishes the results

head(top.genes(gresults))            # Prints the final results
plot(gresults)                       # Plots the final SV-plot

## Finalizing example using a random generated input
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()       # Generates a random input (for testing purposes only)
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)   # Summarizes the input
gquant <- geva.quantiles(gsummary)   # Calculates the quantiles
gclust <- geva.cluster(gsummary)     # Calculates the clusters
gresults <- geva.finalize(gsummary, gquant, gclust)  # Finishes the results

head(top.genes(gresults))            # Prints the final results
plot(gresults)                       # Plots the final SV-plot

GEVA Hierarchical Clustering

Description

Performs a hierarchical cluster analysis from summarized data.

Usage

geva.hcluster(
  sv,
  resolution = 0.3,
  hc.method = options.hc.method,
  hc.metric = options.hc.metric,
  cl.score.method = options.cl.score.method,
  ...,
  include.raw.results = FALSE
)

options.hc.metric
# c("euclidean", "maximum", "manhattan", "canberra", 
#   "binary", "minkowski")

options.hc.method
# c("centroid", "median", "ward", "single")
geva.hcluster(
  sv,
  resolution = 0.3,
  hc.method = options.hc.method,
  hc.metric = options.hc.metric,
  cl.score.method = options.cl.score.method,
  ...,
  include.raw.results = FALSE
)

options.hc.metric
# c("euclidean", "maximum", "manhattan", "canberra", 
#   "binary", "minkowski")

options.hc.method
# c("centroid", "median", "ward", "single")

Arguments

sv

a numeric SVTable object (usually GEVASummary)

resolution

hc.method

character, the agglomeration method to be used. Used as the method argument for fastcluster::hclust.vector()

hc.metric

character, the distance measure to be used. Used as the metric argument for fastcluster::hclust.vector()

cl.score.method

character, method used to calculate the cluster scores for each point. If "auto", the "hclust.height" method is selected

...

additional arguments:

mink.p : numeric, parameter for the Minkowsky metric. Used as the p argument for fastcluster::hclust.vector()
verbose : logical, whether to print the current progress (default is TRUE)

include.raw.results

logical, whether to attach intermediate results to the returned object

Details

This function performs a hierarchical cluster analysis with the aid of implemented methods from the fastcluster::fastcluster package, particularly the fastcluster::hclust.vector() function. The available methods for the hc.method and hc.metric are described in the function's documentation page (see fastcluster::hclust.vector()).

The resolution value is an accessible way to define the cluster separation threshold used in hierarchical clustering. The algorithm produces a dendrogram-like hierarchy in which each level/node is separated by a distance (sometimes called "height") to the next level/node, and the resolution translates a value between 0 and 1 to a propotional value within the total hierarchy height. This allows defining the rate of clusters from 0 to 1, which results in the least number of possible clusters (usually two) for 0, and the highest number (approximately one cluster per point) for 1.

If include.raw.results is TRUE, some aditional data will be attached to the info slot of the returned GEVACluster objects, including the kNN tree generated during the intermediate steps.

Value

A GEVACluster object

Note

In hierarchical clustering, all points are clustered. Therefore, setting resolution to 1 will result into one cluster per point, where the cluster analysis may become pointless (no pun intended).

Examples

## Hierarchical clustering from a randomly generated input 

# Preparing the data
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()      # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)  # Summarizes with the default parameters

# Hierarchical clustering
gclust <- geva.hcluster(gsummary)
plot(gclust)

# Hierarchical clustering with slightly more resolution
gclust <- geva.hcluster(gsummary,
                       resolution=0.35)
plot(gclust)

## Hierarchical clustering from a randomly generated input 

# Preparing the data
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()      # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)  # Summarizes with the default parameters

# Hierarchical clustering
gclust <- geva.hcluster(gsummary)
plot(gclust)

# Hierarchical clustering with slightly more resolution
gclust <- geva.hcluster(gsummary,
                       resolution=0.35)
plot(gclust)

GEVA “Ideal” Example for Package Testing

Description

Generates a random example of GEVAInput object that simulates an ideal analysis dataset. Used for testing purposes only.

Usage

geva.ideal.example(probecount = 10000, nfactors = 3, colsperfactor = 3)
geva.ideal.example(probecount = 10000, nfactors = 3, colsperfactor = 3)

Arguments

probecount

integer, number of probes (i.e., table rows)

nfactors

integer, number of factors (e.g., experimental groups)

colsperfactor

integer, number of columns (e.g., experiments) per factor

Value

A GEVAInput object. The included tables are composed by probecount rows and nfactors * colsperfactor columns

Examples

## "Ideal" input example
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()     # Generates a random example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput) # Summarizes the generated data
plot(gsummary)                     # Plots the summarized data

## "Ideal" input example
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()     # Generates a random example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput) # Summarizes the generated data
plot(gsummary)                     # Plots the summarized data

GEVA Input Post-processing

Description

Helper functions used to edit the contents from a GEVAInput.

Usage

geva.input.correct(ginput, na.rm = TRUE, inf.rm = TRUE, invalid.col.rm = TRUE)

geva.input.filter(
  ginput,
  p.value.cutoff = 0.05,
  by.any = FALSE,
  na.val = 0,
  ...
)

geva.input.rename.rows(
  ginput,
  attr.column,
  dupl.rm.method = c("least.p.vals", "order")
)
geva.input.correct(ginput, na.rm = TRUE, inf.rm = TRUE, invalid.col.rm = TRUE)

geva.input.filter(
  ginput,
  p.value.cutoff = 0.05,
  by.any = FALSE,
  na.val = 0,
  ...
)

geva.input.rename.rows(
  ginput,
  attr.column,
  dupl.rm.method = c("least.p.vals", "order")
)

Arguments

ginput

A GEVAInput object

na.rm

logical; if TRUE, removes all rows containing NA

inf.rm

logical; if TRUE, removes all rows containing infinite values (Inf or -Inf)

invalid.col.rm

logical; if TRUE, searches for any column that is entirely composed by invalid values (according to the other arguments) and removes it before checking the rows

p.value.cutoff

numeric (0 to 1), the p-value cutoff. Rows containing values above this threshold are removed

by.any

logical, set to TRUE to delete the rows with at least one occurrence above the cutoff; or FALSE to delete only those rows in which all values are above the specified threshold

na.val

numeric, the replacement for NA values

...

optional arguments. Accepts verbose (logical, default is TRUE) to enable or disable printing the progress

attr.column

character, target column with the values that will replace the current row names

dupl.rm.method

character, method to remove duplicate names. The possible options are:

"least.p.vals" : Keeps the duplicate that contains the least sum of p-values
"order" : Keeps the first occurrence of the duplicate in the current row order

Details

geva.input.correct corrects the numeric input data (values and weights), removing rows that include invalid values such as NA or infinite.

geva.input.filter attempts to select the most relevant part of the input data, removing rows containing p.values (1 - weights) above a specific threshold.

geva.input.rename.rows replaces the row names with a column from the feature table (see GEVAInput). The column name specified for attr.column must be included in the names(featureTable(ginput)). Any duplicates are removed according to the dupl.rm.method, and the selected duplicates are stored as a new column named "renamed_id" inside the feature table from the returned object.

Value

A modified GEVAInput object

Examples

## geva.input.correct example
colexample1 <- runif(1000, -1, 1)        # Random column 1
colexample2 <- runif(1000, -1, 1)        # Random column 2
colexample3 <- runif(1000, -1, 1)        # Random column 3
colexample3[runif(1000, -1, 1) < 0] = NA # Random NA's
ginput = geva.merge.input(col1=colexample1,
                          col2=colexample2,
                          col3=colexample3)
# Before the correction:
print(nrow(ginput))    # Returns 1000
# Applies the correction (removes rows with NA's)
ginput <- geva.input.correct(ginput)
# After the correction:
print(nrow(ginput))    # Returns less than 1000

## ---
## geva.input.filter example
ginput <- geva.ideal.example(1000)  # Generates a random input
# Before the filter:
print(nrow(ginput))    # Returns 1000
# Applies the filter
ginput <- geva.input.filter(ginput)
# After the filter:
print(nrow(ginput))    # Returns less than 1000

## ---
## geva.input.rename.rows example
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()  # Generates a random input
# Renames to 'Symbol'
ginput <- geva.input.rename.rows(ginput,
                                 attr.column = "Symbol")
print(head(ginput))             # The row names are set now as the gene symbols

## geva.input.correct example
colexample1 <- runif(1000, -1, 1)        # Random column 1
colexample2 <- runif(1000, -1, 1)        # Random column 2
colexample3 <- runif(1000, -1, 1)        # Random column 3
colexample3[runif(1000, -1, 1) < 0] = NA # Random NA's
ginput = geva.merge.input(col1=colexample1,
                          col2=colexample2,
                          col3=colexample3)
# Before the correction:
print(nrow(ginput))    # Returns 1000
# Applies the correction (removes rows with NA's)
ginput <- geva.input.correct(ginput)
# After the correction:
print(nrow(ginput))    # Returns less than 1000

## ---
## geva.input.filter example
ginput <- geva.ideal.example(1000)  # Generates a random input
# Before the filter:
print(nrow(ginput))    # Returns 1000
# Applies the filter
ginput <- geva.input.filter(ginput)
# After the filter:
print(nrow(ginput))    # Returns less than 1000

## ---
## geva.input.rename.rows example
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()  # Generates a random input
# Renames to 'Symbol'
ginput <- geva.input.rename.rows(ginput,
                                 attr.column = "Symbol")
print(head(ginput))             # The row names are set now as the gene symbols

GEVA Input Processing and Merge

Description

Functions to read, load, and concatenate the experimental comparisons from the data input. This is the initial step to proceed with any GEVA analysis.

Usage

geva.merge.input(
  ...,
  col.values = "logFC",
  col.pvals = "adj.P.Val",
  col.other = NULL
)

geva.read.tables(
  filenames = NULL,
  dirname = ".",
  col.values = "logFC",
  col.pvals = "adj.P.Val",
  col.other = NULL,
  ...,
  files.pattern = "\\.txt$",
  p.value.cutoff = 0.05,
  read.args = list()
)
geva.merge.input(
  ...,
  col.values = "logFC",
  col.pvals = "adj.P.Val",
  col.other = NULL
)

geva.read.tables(
  filenames = NULL,
  dirname = ".",
  col.values = "logFC",
  col.pvals = "adj.P.Val",
  col.other = NULL,
  ...,
  files.pattern = "\\.txt$",
  p.value.cutoff = 0.05,
  read.args = list()
)

Arguments

...

multiple matrix or data.frame objects. At least two arguments are required for geva.merge.input, but it's optional for geva.read.tables. The optional arguments in geva.read.tables are also passed to its internal call to geva.merge.input and geva.input.filter.
In addition, the following optional arguments are accepted:

na.val : (numeric) value between 0 and 1 used as replacement when a p-value column is not present (default is NA)
use.regex : (logical) whether to match the column names using regular expressions (default is FALSE)
verbose : (logical) whether to print the current loading and merge progress (default is TRUE)

col.values

character vector, possible name(s) to match the logFC column(s) from each table

col.pvals

character vector, possible name(s) to match the p-value column(s) from each table

col.other

character vector, name(s) to match additional columns (e.g., gene symbols). Ignored if NULL

filenames

character vector with two or more file paths

dirname

single character, base directory containing the input files. Ignored if filenames is specified

files.pattern

single character, pattern used to filter the files inside dirname. Ignored if filenames is specified

p.value.cutoff

numeric (0 to 1), initial p-value threshold. Rows entirely composed by p-values above this cutoff (i.e., no significant logFC) are removed after the final merge. Ignored if NA or NULL

read.args

list of additional arguments passed to utils::read.table

Details

The geva.merge.input function takes multiple tables as arguments (e.g., matrix or data.frame objects), extracts the logFC columns from each table and merges them into a single GEVAInput dataset.

The column names are specified in the col.values and col.pvals arguments (character) and must correctly match the column names for logFC and p-value columns, respectively, in the inputs to be extracted. Multiple values for column names can also be specified as valid name possibilities if they differ among the tables.

The function geva.merge.input reads multiple tab-delimited text files containing, extracts the logFC columns from each table and merges into a single GEVAInput dataset.

Value

A GEVAInput object

Note

The inclusion of p-value columns is not technically required, but strongly recommended as they improve the statistical accuracy in the summarization steps. If the p-value (or adjusted p-value) columns are present, their values are converted to weights by applying 1 - pvalue for each pvalue element, otherwise an optional na.val optional argument can specified as replacement to the absent values (default is NA). Weights are used to accomodate the central logFC values towards the most significant observations and penalize potential statistical innacuracies.

Examples

### EXAMPLE 1
## geva.merge.input example with three randomly generated tables
## (For demonstration purposes only)

# Number of rows
n <- 10000

# Random row (probe) names
probnms <- sprintf("PROBE_%s", 1:n)

# Random gene names (optional)
genenms <- paste0(sprintf("GENE_%s", 1:n), LETTERS[1:n %% (length(LETTERS)+1)])

# Random table 1
dt1 <- data.frame(row.names=probnms,
                  logfc=(rnorm(n, 0, sd=2) * rnorm(n, 0, sd=0.5)),
                  pvalues = runif(n, max=0.08),
                  genesymbol = genenms)
# Random table 2
dt2 <- data.frame(row.names=probnms,
                  logfc=(rnorm(n, 0, sd=2) * rnorm(n, 0, sd=0.5)),
                  pvalues = runif(n, max=0.08),
                  genesymbol = genenms)
# Random table 3
dt3 <- data.frame(row.names=probnms,
                  logfc=(rnorm(n, 0, sd=2) * rnorm(n, 0, sd=0.5)),
                  pvalues = runif(n, max=0.08),
                  genesymbol = genenms)

# Merges the three tables
ginput <- geva.merge.input(exp1=dt1, exp2=dt2, exp3=dt3,
                           col.values="logfc",
                           col.pvals="pvalues",
                           col.other="genesymbol")

# Prints the first rows from the merged table
print(head(ginput))               # values
print(head(inputweights(ginput))) # weights

# ---
## Not run: 

### EXAMPLE 2
## geva.read.tables example with three tab-delimited files

# Table file examples. Each one has 3 columns: "logfc", "pvalues", and "genesymbol"
# Replace it with your tab-delimited files (e.g. exported from limma's topTable)
fnames <- c("dt1.txt", "dt2.txt", "dt3.txt")

ginput <- geva.read.tables(fnames,
                           col.values="logfc",
                           col.pvals="pvalues",
                           col.other="genesymbol")

# Prints the first rows from the merged table
print(head(ginput))               # values
print(head(inputweights(ginput))) # weights


# ---

### EXAMPLE 3
## geva.read.tables example with tab-delimited files in a directory

# Directory name (replace it with a directory containing the table files)
dirnm <- "C:/User/robertplant123/Documents/R/gevaexamples"

# In this example, table files contain 3 columns: "logfc", "pvalues", and "genesymbol"
# Reads all txt files in the directory
ginput <- geva.read.tables(dirname=dirnm,
                           col.values="logfc",
                           col.pvals="pvalues",
                           col.other="genesymbol")

# (Optional step)
# Let's assume that all table file names start with "dt" and ends with the ".txt" extension,
# such as dt1.txt, dt2.txt and so on...
fname_pattern <- c("^dt.+?\\.txt$")  # Defines a RegEx pattern to find the files
# Loads only files that match the file name pattern
ginput <- geva.read.tables(dirname=dirnm,
                           files.pattern=fname_pattern,
                           col.values="logfc",
                           col.pvals="pvalues",
                           col.other="genesymbol")

# Prints the first rows from the merged table
print(head(ginput))               # values
print(head(inputweights(ginput))) # weights

## End(Not run)

### EXAMPLE 1
## geva.merge.input example with three randomly generated tables
## (For demonstration purposes only)

# Number of rows
n <- 10000

# Random row (probe) names
probnms <- sprintf("PROBE_%s", 1:n)

# Random gene names (optional)
genenms <- paste0(sprintf("GENE_%s", 1:n), LETTERS[1:n %% (length(LETTERS)+1)])

# Random table 1
dt1 <- data.frame(row.names=probnms,
                  logfc=(rnorm(n, 0, sd=2) * rnorm(n, 0, sd=0.5)),
                  pvalues = runif(n, max=0.08),
                  genesymbol = genenms)
# Random table 2
dt2 <- data.frame(row.names=probnms,
                  logfc=(rnorm(n, 0, sd=2) * rnorm(n, 0, sd=0.5)),
                  pvalues = runif(n, max=0.08),
                  genesymbol = genenms)
# Random table 3
dt3 <- data.frame(row.names=probnms,
                  logfc=(rnorm(n, 0, sd=2) * rnorm(n, 0, sd=0.5)),
                  pvalues = runif(n, max=0.08),
                  genesymbol = genenms)

# Merges the three tables
ginput <- geva.merge.input(exp1=dt1, exp2=dt2, exp3=dt3,
                           col.values="logfc",
                           col.pvals="pvalues",
                           col.other="genesymbol")

# Prints the first rows from the merged table
print(head(ginput))               # values
print(head(inputweights(ginput))) # weights

# ---
## Not run: 

### EXAMPLE 2
## geva.read.tables example with three tab-delimited files

# Table file examples. Each one has 3 columns: "logfc", "pvalues", and "genesymbol"
# Replace it with your tab-delimited files (e.g. exported from limma's topTable)
fnames <- c("dt1.txt", "dt2.txt", "dt3.txt")

ginput <- geva.read.tables(fnames,
                           col.values="logfc",
                           col.pvals="pvalues",
                           col.other="genesymbol")

# Prints the first rows from the merged table
print(head(ginput))               # values
print(head(inputweights(ginput))) # weights


# ---

### EXAMPLE 3
## geva.read.tables example with tab-delimited files in a directory

# Directory name (replace it with a directory containing the table files)
dirnm <- "C:/User/robertplant123/Documents/R/gevaexamples"

# In this example, table files contain 3 columns: "logfc", "pvalues", and "genesymbol"
# Reads all txt files in the directory
ginput <- geva.read.tables(dirname=dirnm,
                           col.values="logfc",
                           col.pvals="pvalues",
                           col.other="genesymbol")

# (Optional step)
# Let's assume that all table file names start with "dt" and ends with the ".txt" extension,
# such as dt1.txt, dt2.txt and so on...
fname_pattern <- c("^dt.+?\\.txt$")  # Defines a RegEx pattern to find the files
# Loads only files that match the file name pattern
ginput <- geva.read.tables(dirname=dirnm,
                           files.pattern=fname_pattern,
                           col.values="logfc",
                           col.pvals="pvalues",
                           col.other="genesymbol")

# Prints the first rows from the merged table
print(head(ginput))               # values
print(head(inputweights(ginput))) # weights

## End(Not run)

GEVA Quantiles Detection

Description

Calculates the quantiles of a SVTable.

Usage

geva.quantiles(
  sv,
  quantile.method = options.quantiles,
  initial.thresholds = c(S = NA_real_, V = NA_real_),
  nq.s = 3L,
  nq.v = 2L,
  comb.score.fn = prod,
  ...
)

options.quantiles
# c("range.slice", "proportional", "density", "k.max.sd", 
#   "custom")
geva.quantiles(
  sv,
  quantile.method = options.quantiles,
  initial.thresholds = c(S = NA_real_, V = NA_real_),
  nq.s = 3L,
  nq.v = 2L,
  comb.score.fn = prod,
  ...
)

options.quantiles
# c("range.slice", "proportional", "density", "k.max.sd", 
#   "custom")

Arguments

sv

a SVTable object (usually GEVASummary)

quantile.method

character, method to detect the initial quantile thresholds. Ignored if initial.thresholds is specified with no NA elements

initial.thresholds

named numeric vector with the threshold that delimits the initial quantile

nq.s

integer, number of quantiles in S-axis (experimental, see ‘Note’)

nq.v

integer, number of quantiles in V-axis (experimental, see ‘Note’)

comb.score.fn

function applied to merge S and V score columns into a single column. The function must require only one argument of ⁠numeric vector⁠ type and return a single numeric value. Examples include prod or mean

...

additional arguments include:

qslice : numeric (0 to 1), the axis fraction used by "range.slice" and "density" methods (see 'Details'). Default is 0.25
k : integer, neighbor points used by "density" and "k.max.sd" methods (see 'Details'). Default is 16
verbose : logical, whether to print the current progress. Default is TRUE

Details

The quantile.method defines how the initial quantile (usually the one at the bottom center) is calculated. Each method has a specific way to estimate the first spatial delimiter, as described below:

"range.slice" (default): Separation is set at the nearest point to a fraction of the spatial range. This fraction can be specified by the qslice optional argument (numeric, default is 0.25, or 25%);
"density": Separation is set at the point with the most proportional density by k neighbor points to its current spatial fraction. This method uses the optional arguments qslice (numeric, default is 0.25, or 25%) for the desired spatial fraction, and k (numeric, default is 16) for the number of neighbor points;
"k.max.sd": Separation is set at the point with the greatest standard deviation of distance to its k neighbor points. The number of neighbor points can be specified by the k optional argument (numeric, default is 16);
"proportional": Separation is set at the exact axis division so that all quantiles have the size;
"custom": Uses the values specified in the initial.thresholds argument.

A custom initial separation point can be specified in the initial.thresholds as a numeric vector of two elements, where the first element refers to S axis and the second, to V axis. If one of the elements is NA, the initial quantile is calculated for that axis only. If both values are not NA, the quantile separation method is ignored and automatically set to "custom".

The nq.s and nq.v arguments determine the number of quantiles for the S and V axes, respectively. These parameters can be used to increase the number of possible partitions in the SV space, but their applicability is currently being tested (see ‘Note’).

The comb.score.fn is a function applied to the partial scores for each SV point to combine them into a single value. The result value is defined as the "quantile score" for a SV point. The function is applied iteratively to two-element numeric vectors.

Note

Customizing the number of quantiles by nq.s and nq.v is a experimental feature and the remaining analysis steps are mostly based on the default parameters for these arguments. Tests are being conducted to determine this feature's applicability for the next releases.

Examples

## Quantile detection from a randomly generated input 

# Preparing the data
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()      # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)  # Summarizes with the default parameters

# Default usage
gquants <- geva.quantiles(gsummary) # Detects the quantiles
plot(gquants)                       # Plots the quantiles

# Custom initial delimiters
gquants <- geva.quantiles(gsummary,
                          initial.thresholds = c(S=1.00, V=0.5))
plot(gquants)                       # Plots the quantiles

# Quantile detection using densities
gquants <- geva.quantiles(gsummary, quantile.method = 'density')
plot(gquants)                       # Plots the quantiles

## Quantile detection from a randomly generated input 

# Preparing the data
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()      # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput)  # Summarizes with the default parameters

# Default usage
gquants <- geva.quantiles(gsummary) # Detects the quantiles
plot(gquants)                       # Plots the quantiles

# Custom initial delimiters
gquants <- geva.quantiles(gsummary,
                          initial.thresholds = c(S=1.00, V=0.5))
plot(gquants)                       # Plots the quantiles

# Quantile detection using densities
gquants <- geva.quantiles(gsummary, quantile.method = 'density')
plot(gquants)                       # Plots the quantiles

All-In-One Function for GEVA Intermediate Procedures

Description

Given a GEVAInput object, applies the geva.summarize(), geva.quantiles, geva.cluster, and geva.finalize in a single call. Optional arguments are passed to the internal calls of these functions.

Usage

geva.quick(gobject, ...)
geva.quick(gobject, ...)

Arguments

gobject

A GEVAInput, or any object that returns a GEVAInput upon calling inputdata(gobject) (e.g., GEVASummary or GEVAResults).

...

Optional arguments passed to geva.summarize(), geva.quantiles(), geva.cluster(), and geva.finalize()

Details

This function performs the summarization, quantile detecetion, and clustering of an input data, then merges the results together and, if applicable, performs a factor analysis. If the gobject is not a GEVAInput, it must provide a valid GEVAInput object when called by inputdata(gobject). Moreover, all parameters used in previous analysis will be taken into account. For instance, if gobject is a GEVASummary obtained by using variation.method='mad', the internal call to geva.summarize in this function will use variation.method='mad' as well, unless if another parameter for variation.method is specified in the ... arguments.

Therefore, this function can be useful not only as a shortcut to analyze GEVAInput but also for parameter testing when applied to a GEVAResults object, since the previous parameters are reused, while the specified parameters are overriden.

Value

A GEVAResults object

Examples

## Basic usage using a random generated input
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()   # Generates a random input example
gresults <- geva.quick(ginput)   # Performs the entire analysis (default parameters)

print(head(top.genes(gresults))) # Prints the results
plot(gresults)                        # Plots the final SV-plot


## Example with non-default parameters
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()   # Generates a random input example
gresults <- geva.quick(ginput,
                       summary.method="median",
                       variation.method="mad",
                       quantiles.method="density",
                       cluster.method="density",
                       resolution=0.32)

print(head(top.genes(gresults))) # Prints the results
plot(gresults)                   # Plots the final SV-plot

## Basic usage using a random generated input
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()   # Generates a random input example
gresults <- geva.quick(ginput)   # Performs the entire analysis (default parameters)

print(head(top.genes(gresults))) # Prints the results
plot(gresults)                        # Plots the final SV-plot


## Example with non-default parameters
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()   # Generates a random input example
gresults <- geva.quick(ginput,
                       summary.method="median",
                       variation.method="mad",
                       quantiles.method="density",
                       cluster.method="density",
                       resolution=0.32)

print(head(top.genes(gresults))) # Prints the results
plot(gresults)                   # Plots the final SV-plot

Summarizes the GEVAInput

Description

Performs the summarization step by calculating the central points and variation estimates of logFC values from the input data.

Usage

geva.summarize(
  ginput,
  summary.method = options.summary,
  variation.method = options.variation,
  ...
)

options.summary
# c("mean", "median")

options.variation
# c("sd", "var", "mad")
geva.summarize(
  ginput,
  summary.method = options.summary,
  variation.method = options.variation,
  ...
)

options.summary
# c("mean", "median")

options.variation
# c("sd", "var", "mad")

Arguments

ginput

a GEVAInput object

summary.method

single character, method used to calculate the central (summarized) logFC values

variation.method

single character, method used to calculate the distribution degree (variation) of the logFC values

...

additional arguments. Accepts verbose (logical, default is TRUE) to enable or disable printing the current progress

Details

The options.summary refer to the available operations to calculate central logFC values (mean or median), whereas options.variation presents three functions to calculate logFC variation (sd: Standard Deviation; var: Variance; and mad: Median Absolute Deviation). Moreover, all those operations include a weighted counterpart applied using the weights table from the GEVAInput object.

Value

A GEVASummary object

Examples

## Summarization of a randomly generated input
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()     # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput) # Summarizes with the default parameters
plot(gsummary)                     # Plots the summarized data

## Summarization of a randomly generated input
ginput <- geva.ideal.example()     # Generates a random input example
gsummary <- geva.summarize(ginput) # Summarizes with the default parameters
plot(gsummary)                     # Plots the summarized data

GEVA Clustering Results

Description

The GEVACluster class represents the classification results from a cluster analysis. For each probe/gene, there is a assigned cluster among the g defined clusters.

This class inherits from GEVAGroupSet.

Value

A GEVACluster object

Slots

grouping: factor (m elements, g levels), cluster assignment for each gene/probe
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
scores: numeric vector (m elements) comprising a score value for each cluster assignment
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
ftable: data.frame (m lines) with additional cluster assignment features
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
centroids: numeric SVTable (g lines) with the S and V centroid coordinates for each cluster
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
offsets: numeric SVTable (m lines) with the S and V coordinate offsets each gene/probe from its cluster centroid
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
info: list of supplementary information
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
cluster.method: character, method used in the cluster analysis (see geva.cluster)

Methods

(See also the inherited methods from GEVAGroupSet)

Plotting

lines(x, ...): Draws convex hulls around the clustered points
plot(x, y, ...): Draws a SV-plot that highlights the clustered points. Convex hulls are included for visual purposes only and do not avoid enclosing points from other clusters on concave parts.
Can be combined with another SVTable or GEVAGroupSet given as the y argument to include additional graphical elements

GEVA Grouped Summary-Variation Table

Description

The GEVAGroupedSummary class inherits the GEVASummary class and includes group analysis data (e.g., clustering and quantile detection).

Value

A GEVAGroupedSummary object

Slots

sv: numeric matrix composed by two columns: S (summary) and V (variation)
(Inherited from SVTable)
inputdata: GEVAInput-class with the data input
(Inherited from GEVASummary)
sv.method: Names of the statistical methods used to summarize data
(Inherited from GEVASummary)
info: list with additional information
(Inherited from GEVASummary)
groupsetlist: TypedList of GEVAGroupSet objects

Methods

(See also the inherited methods from GEVASummary)

Conversion and coercion

as.expression(x, ginput, ...): Converts this object to expression
as.matrix(x, ...): Converts this object to matrix

Plotting

lines(x, ...): Draws delimiters within quantiles and convex hulls around the clustered points
plot(x, y, ...): Draws a SV-plot. The horizontal axis is for summary (S) and the vertical axis is for variation (V).
In addition, highlights the included group sets
points(x, ...): Generic points implementation for GEVAGroupedSummary

Properties

analysis.params(gobject): Returns a list of analysis parameters passed to geva.cluster to obtain this object

Sub-slot accessors

cluster.method(object): Gets a character vector listing the cluster.method from each group set
quantiles(object): Gets the GEVAQuantiles, or NULL if not present

GEVA Grouping Results

Description

The GEVAGroupSet class represents the classification of summarized values from a SVTable, where each gene/probe has one assigned group among g defined groups. This is an abstract class. Inherits the GEVACluster and GEVAQuantiles classes.

Value

A GEVAGroupSet object

Slots

grouping: factor (m elements, g levels) used to group the genes/probes
scores: numeric vector (m elements) with the assigned grouping scores for each gene/probe
ftable: data.frame (m lines) with additional grouping features
centroids: numeric SVTable (g lines) with the S and V centroid coordinates for each group
offsets: numeric SVTable (m lines) with the S and V coordinate offsets each gene/probe from its group centroid
info: list of additional information

Methods

Alternative accessors

levels(x): Returns the unique group names included in the group set.
Equivalent to levels(groups(x))

Conversion and coercion

as.data.frame(x, row.names = names(x), ...): Returns a data.frame with the groups and scores slots as columns
as.expression(x, sv, ...): Gets the expression that reproduces this GEVAGroupSet object, including function parameters used by geva.cluster. The sv argument is optional but can be specified to replace the source SVTable
as.SVTable(x, which = c("sv", "offsets", "centroids"), ...): Retrieves a SVTable based on the contents indicated by which. The accepted arguments are: sv for the source data; offsets for the offsets slots; and centroids for the centroids slot

Dimension accessors

length(x): Returns the number of rows in the sv slot
names(x): Gets the assigned names by the classification and scores

Plotting

color.values(x, point.col = NULL, ...): Gets the colors associated to the grouped data points. If not present, generates random group colors.
If point.col is a single character or an vector of the same length of data points, adjusts the color values to web RGBA
plot(x, y, ...): Draws a SV-plot that highlights the grouped information.
Can be combined with another SVTable or GEVAGroupSet given as the y argument to include additional graphical elements
points(x, ...): Draws the grouped points

Properties

analysis.params(gobject): Returns a list of analysis parameters passed to geva.cluster to obtain this object
cluster.method(object): Returns the option used as the cluster.method argument when calling geva.cluster

Sub-slot accessors

classification.table(object) <- value: Stores the classification data.frame on this object
classification.table(object): Returns a data.frame of predicted classifications, if supported by this object
sv.data(object): Returns a SVTable with the source SV coordinates
sv(object): Returns the ⁠numeric matrix⁠ in the SVTable from sv.data(object)

GEVA Input Data

Description

The GEVAInput class contains the initial data for GEVA usage. It stores numeric matrices of logFC values from differential expression comparison results. Options for calculations and summarizing are also included.

Value

A GEVAInput object

Slots

values: ⁠numeric matrix⁠ (m*n) of log-ratio values, usually logFC
weights: ⁠numeric matrix⁠ (m*n) of weighted values. If not defined, all weight values are equal to 1
factors: factor (n elements) representing the grouping of the n columns. If not defined, all factors are equal to NA
ftable: data.frame with m rows containing attribute columns associated to the features (e.g., probes or genes)
info: list of supplementary information related to the input

Methods

Alternative accessors

levels(x): Returns the unique values from the assigned factors; or NA if there are no assigned factors in x

Conversion and coercion

as.array(x, ...): Converts this object to array

Dimension accessors

dim(x): Gets the dimensions defined for both matrices in values and weights slots
dimnames(x) <- value: Sets the list with the row and column names.
Individual dimension names can also be set using rownames<- and colnames<-
dimnames(x): Gets a list with the row and column names.
Individual dimension names can also be accessed through rownames and colnames
inputnames(object): Gets the input column names (same as colnames(object))
length(x): Returns the number of rows in the values slot
names(x): Same as inputnames. For internal use

Plotting

plot(x, y, ...): Summarizes the input using the default parameters, then calls the plot on the returned GEVASummary object.
Not intended to regular use and will give a warning if called

Properties

analysis.params(gobject): Returns a list of analysis parameters passed to geva.merge.input or geva.read.tables to obtain this object

Subsetting

head(x, n = 6L, ...): Returns the first parts of the values table
tail(x, n = 6L, ...): Returns the last parts of the values table

GEVA Quantiles Grouping Results

Description

The GEVAQuantiles class represents the results of a quantile detection analysis. For each probe/gene, there is a assigned quantile among the g defined quantiles.

This class inherits from GEVAGroupSet and is inherited by GEVAQuantilesAdjusted.

Value

A GEVAQuantiles object

Slots

grouping: factor (m elements, g levels), quantile assignment for each gene/probe
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
scores: numeric vector (m elements) with the assigned quantile scores for each gene/probe
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
ftable: data.frame (m lines) with additional quantile assignment features
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
centroids: numeric SVTable (g lines) with the S and V centroid coordinates for each quantile
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
offsets: numeric SVTable (m lines) with the S and V coordinate offsets each gene/probe from its quantile centroid
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
info: list of additional information
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
svscores: numeric SVTable (m lines) with individual partial scores for the assigned quantiles
qareasizes: numeric SVTable (g lines) with the S and V sizes for each quantile
qindexes: integer SVTable (g lines) representing the position index to each quantile, in terms of summary and variation
qcount: integer attributes (SVIntAttribute) with the defined number of quantiles for the S and V axes
qcutoff: numeric attributes (SVNumAttribute) with the initial quantile cutoff in S and V, starting from the point zero
qmethod: character, method used to calculate the initial quantiles (see geva.quantiles())

Methods

(See also the inherited methods from GEVAGroupSet)

Conversion and coercion

as.expression(x, sv, ...): Converts this object to expression
as.SVTable( x, which = c("sv", "offsets", "centroids", "qindexes"), ..., row.names = names(x) ): Converts this object to SVTable

Plotting

lines(x, ...): Draws the quantile delimiter lines
plot(x, y, ...): Draws a SV-plot that highlights the points from each quantile. Dashed lines are included as the quantile delimiters.
Can be combined with another SVTable or GEVAGroupSet given as the y argument to include additional graphical elements

Properties

cluster.method(object): Returns the option used as the cluster.method argument when calling geva.cluster.
Instances of this object always return 'quantiles'

Sub-slot accessors

classification.table(object) <- value: Sets the data.frame with the qualitative contrasts of classification relevance
classification.table(object): Gets a data.frame with the qualitative contrasts of classification relevance
quantiles(object): Gets the unique quantile names

GEVA Adjusted Quantiles Results

Description

The GEVAQuantilesAdjusted class represents the results of a quantile detection analysis with adjusted assignments based on relationships with other GEVAGroupSet objects. For each probe/gene, there is a assigned quantile among the g defined quantiles.

This class inherits from GEVAQuantiles.

Value

A GEVAQuantilesAdjusted object

Slots

grouping: factor (m elements, g levels), quantile assignment for each gene/probe
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
scores: numeric vector (m elements) with the assigned quantile scores for each gene/probe
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
ftable: data.frame (m lines) with additional quantile assignment data
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
centroids: numeric SVTable (g lines) with the S and V centroid coordinates for each quantile
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
offsets: numeric SVTable (m lines) with the S and V coordinate offsets each gene/probe from its quantile centroid
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
info: list of additional information
(Inherited from GEVAGroupSet)
svscores: numeric SVTable (m lines) with individual partial scores for the assigned quantiles
(Inherited from GEVAQuantiles)
qareasizes: numeric SVTable (g lines) with the S and V sizes for each quantile
(Inherited from GEVAQuantiles)
qindexes: integer SVTable (g lines) representing the position index to each quantile, in terms of summary and variation
(Inherited from GEVAQuantiles)
qcount: integer attributes (SVIntAttribute) with the defined number of quantiles for the S and V axes
(Inherited from GEVAQuantiles)
qcutoff: numeric attributes (SVNumAttribute) with the initial quantile cutoff in S and V, starting from the point zero
(Inherited from GEVAQuantiles)
grouprels: TypedList of named factor elements representing external group relationships to the current quantiles

Methods

(See also the inherited methods from GEVAQuantiles and GEVAGroupSet)

GEVA Results Table

Description

The GEVAResults class contains the final results from GEVA analyses. It represents the results of multiple statistical approaches from summary/variation data, clustering, quantile detection, and factor analysis (if applicable).

Value

A GEVAResults object

Slots

resultstable: data.frame (m lines) with classification results for the genes/probes
svdata: GEVASummary used as input
quantdata: GEVAQuantiles or GEVAQuantilesAdjusted with the final quantile assignments for the summarized data
factoring: data.frame (m lines) with detailed results for the factor analyses, such as p-values for each factor. If there was no factor analysis, this slot is NULL or empty
classiftable: data.frame used as reference for the final classification
info: list of supplementary information

Methods

Conversion and coercion

as.expression(x, gsummary, gquants, ...): Gets the expression that reproduces this GEVAResults object, including function parameters used by geva.finalize. The gsummary and gquants arguments are optional but can be specified to replace the internal GEVASummary and GEVAQuantiles, respectively

Dimension accessors

dim(x): Returns the dimensions from the resultstable slot
dimnames(x): Returns a list with the row and column names from the results.table slot.
Individual dimension names can also be accessed through rownames and colnames
length(x): Returns the number of rows in the resultstable slot
names(x): Returns the column names from the resultstable slot

Plotting

plot(x, y, ...): Draws a SV-plot that highlights the relevant points from adjusted quantiles
points(x, which, ..., classif): Draws the results points.
If which (character vector) is given, plots only the matching genes/probes.
If classif (character vector) is given, plots only points with the matching classification

Properties

x$name <- value: Extracts a column from the resultstable slot
x[i, j, ..., drop=TRUE]: Extracts the contents from the resultstable slot
analysis.params(gobject): Returns a list of analysis parameters passed to geva.finalize or geva.quick to obtain this object

Sub-slot accessors

featureTable(object): Returns the features data.frame from the internal GEVAInput
head(x, ...): Returns the first lines of results.table(x)
inputdata(object): Returns the internal GEVAInput
inputvalues(object): Returns the values matrix from the internal GEVAInput
inputweights(object, normalized): Returns the weights matrix from the internal GEVAInput
levels(x): Returns the factors used in factor analysis, if present

GEVA Summary-Variation Table

Description

The GEVASummary class represents the calculation results for summary and variation from a GEVAInput.

This class inherits from SVTable.

Value

A GEVASummary object

Slots

sv: ⁠numeric matrix⁠ composed by two columns: S (summary) and V (variation)
(Inherited from SVTable)
inputdata: GEVAInput-class with the data input
sv.method: Names of the statistical methods used to summarize data
info: list with additional information

Methods

(See also the inherited methods from SVTable)

Conversion and coercion

as.expression(x, ginput, ...): Gets the expression that reproduces this GEVASummary object, including function parameters used by geva.summary. The ginput argument is optional but can be specified to replace the internal GEVAInput
as.matrix(x, ...): Equivalent to sv(x)

Grouping

groupsets(object) <- value: Converts this instance to GEVAGroupedSummary and sets the list of GEVAGroupSet objects. Can be used with ⁠$<name>⁠ to specify the object name in the list. If value is a GEVAGroupSet, inserts the element and sets the name based on the value call
groupsets(object): Gets the list of GEVAGroupSet objects attached to this instance. Only applicable for GEVAGroupedSummary objects

Plotting

plot(x, y, ...): Draws a SV-plot. The horizontal axis is for summary (S) and the vertical axis is for variation (V)

Properties

analysis.params(gobject): Returns a list of analysis parameters passed to geva.summarize to obtain this object
get.summary.method(x): Gets a character for the summarization method name
get.variation.method(x): Gets a character for the variation calculation method name

Sub-slot accessors

factors(object) <- value: Sets the value to the factor slot in the internal GEVAInput
factors(object): Gets the factor defined in the factors slot in the internal GEVAInput
featureTable(object): Gets the data.frame from the ftable slot in the internal GEVAInput
infolist(object, field = NULL, ...): Gets the list from the info slot.
If recursive is TRUE, appends the contents from the info slot in the internal GEVAInput
inputvalues(object): Gets the matrix from the values slot in the internal GEVAInput
inputweights(object, normalized): Gets the matrix from the weights slot in the internal GEVAInput

Summary-Variation Attribute Field

Description

This S4 class stores two character slots representing attribute fields for summary and variation. The SVAttribute class is abstract and must be instantiated as SVChrAttribute (for character), SVNumAttribute (for numeric), or SVIntAttribute (for integer).

Arguments

S

the summary value

V

the variation value

Value

A SVAttribute object

Slots

S: either character or numeric or integer of length one
V: either character or numeric or integer of length one

Methods

Alternative accessors

summary(object, ...): Returns the contents from S slot
sv(object): Returns the contents as a named vector
variation(object, ...): Returns the contents from S slot

Constructors

sv.data(object): For internal use. Returns the equivalent object
svattr(S, V): Creates a new SVAttribute

Conversion and coercion

as.character(x, ...): Converts this object to character
as.vector(x, ...): Converts this object to vector

Dimension accessors

dim(x): For internal use, always returns NULL
names(x): Returns the slot names (always c('S', 'V'))

Properties

x$name <- value: Queries the vector contents (equivalent to the indexer). Only accepts ⁠$S⁠ and ⁠$V⁠
x[i, j, ..., drop=TRUE]: Indexer to access the vector values. Only accepts 'S' or 'V' as i arguments

Note

The slots S and V must be of the same class (either character, numeric, or integer).

Summary-Variation Table

Description

The SVTable class stores a matrix composed by two columns: S (for summary) and V (for variation).

This class is inherited by GEVASummary.

Value

A SVTable object

Slots

sv: matrix composed by two columns: S (summary) and V (variation)

Methods

Alternative accessors

summary(object, ...): Returns the S column
sv.data(object): Equivalent to returning this object itself
variation(object, ...): Returns the V column

Constructor

svtable(S, V, row.names = NULL): Creates a SVTable from the vectors S and V

Conversion and coercion

as.data.frame(x, ...): Converts this object to data.frame
as.matrix(x, ...): Converts this object to matrix
as.SVTable.data.frame(x, row.names = rownames(x), ...): Converts a data.frame to a SVTable
as.SVTable.matrix(x, row.names = rownames(x), ...): Converts a matrix to a SVTable
as.SVTable(x, ...): Returns the same object

Dimension accessors

dimnames(x): Gets a list with the row and column names from the sv slot.
Individual dimension names can also be accessed through rownames and colnames
dim(x): Gets the dimensions from the sv slot
length(x): Returns the number of rows in the sv slot
names(x): Always returns c('S', 'V')

Formatting and evaluation

format(x, ...): Generic format implementation for SVTable
with(data, expr, ...): Generic with implementation for SVTable

Plotting

plot(x, y, ...): Draws a SV-plot. The horizontal axis is for summary (S) and the vertical axis is for variation (V)
points(x, ...): Draws the SV points in the plot

Subsetting

head(x, n = 6L, ...): Returns the first parts of the matrix contents
tail(x, n = 6L, ...): Returns the last parts of the matrix contents

Validation

is.na(x): Generic is.na implementation for SVTable

Note

The matrix from sv slot can be numeric, character, or any other supported type by matrix. The same slot from GEVASummary, however, is always a numeric matrix.

Examples

## Creates a SV-table where:
# - S has elements from 1 to 10; and
# - V has elements from 10 to 1
svtab <- svtable(seq.int(1, 10), seq.int(10, 1))

## Creates a SV-table where:
# - S has elements from 1 to 10; and
# - V has elements from 10 to 1
svtab <- svtable(seq.int(1, 10), seq.int(10, 1))

Top Results from GEVA

Description

Extracts the genes with a relevant classification according to the GEVA results.

Usage

top.genes(
  gevaresults,
  classif = c("similar", "factor-dependent", "factor-specific"),
  which.spec = levels(gevaresults),
  add.cols = NULL,
  ...,
  names.only = FALSE
)
top.genes(
  gevaresults,
  classif = c("similar", "factor-dependent", "factor-specific"),
  which.spec = levels(gevaresults),
  add.cols = NULL,
  ...,
  names.only = FALSE
)

Arguments

gevaresults

a GEVAResults object

classif

character vector, filters the returned genes by their final classification. Possible options are "similar", "factor-dependent", "factor-specific", "sparse", and "basal". Multiple options can be combined

which.spec

factor, filters the specific factors to be returned

add.cols

character vector with column names from the feature table (accessed by featureTable(gevaresults)). The matching columns will be added to the returned table

...

optional arguments (not used in this version)

names.only

logical, set to TRUE to return only the table row names

Value

If names.only is FALSE (the default), returns a subset of the resultstable slot (data.frame) from the gevaresults that includes only the filtered genes according to the function parameters.

Otherwise, if names.only is TRUE, returns only the row names (character vector) of this table subset.

Examples

## Basic usage with a random generated input
ginput <- geva.ideal.example() # Generates a random input example
gresults <- geva.quick(ginput) # Performs the entire analysis (default parameters)

# Gets a table that includes all the top genes
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults) # Gets the top genes table
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results

# Appends the "Symbol" column to the results table
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults, add.cols="Symbol")
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results

# Appends all feature columns to the results table
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults, add.cols=names(featureTable(gresults)))
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results

# Gets only the factor-specific genes
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults, "factor-specific")
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results

# Gets only the factor-specific genes for "Cond_1" factor (if any)
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults, "factor-specific", "Cond_1")
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results


## Basic usage with a random generated input
ginput <- geva.ideal.example() # Generates a random input example
gresults <- geva.quick(ginput) # Performs the entire analysis (default parameters)

# Gets a table that includes all the top genes
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults) # Gets the top genes table
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results

# Appends the "Symbol" column to the results table
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults, add.cols="Symbol")
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results

# Appends all feature columns to the results table
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults, add.cols=names(featureTable(gresults)))
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results

# Gets only the factor-specific genes
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults, "factor-specific")
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results

# Gets only the factor-specific genes for "Cond_1" factor (if any)
dtgenes <- top.genes(gresults, "factor-specific", "Cond_1")
head(dtgenes)                  # Prints the first results

Type-strict List (TypedList-class)

Description

List containing elements of the same class or inheritance.

Value

A TypedList object

Slots

.Data: list of internal contents. Elements must match or inherit a common class
(Inherited from list)
elem.class: character representing the class related to the elements

Methods

Constructors

typed.list(..., elem.class = NA_character_): Creates a TypedList from the elements in ... derived from the class elem.class

Conversion and coercion

as.list(x, ...): Converts this object to list
as.typed.list.list(x, elem.class = NA_character_): Converts a list to a TypedList if its elements inherit the same type
as.typed.list(x, elem.class = NA_character_): Coerces a TypedList to support the inherited class indicated by elem.class
as.typed.list.vector(x, elem.class = NA_character_): Converts a vector to a TypedList

Properties

x[i, j, ...] <- value: Sets a value to this list. The value argument must be compatible to the current list type

Examples

## Creates a TypeList that stores list-derived objects
tpls = typed.list(A=list(1L:5L),
                  B=data.frame(v1=LETTERS[1L:10L]),
                  elem.class = 'list')

# Note: The 'elem.class' above is optional, since the
# class is automatically detected from the first argument

## Creates a TypeList that stores list-derived objects
tpls = typed.list(A=list(1L:5L),
                  B=data.frame(v1=LETTERS[1L:10L]),
                  elem.class = 'list')

# Note: The 'elem.class' above is optional, since the
# class is automatically detected from the first argument

Package 'geva'

Help Index

GEVA Generic Methods

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Examples

GEVA Cluster Analysis

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

See Also

Examples

GEVA Density Clustering

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Note

See Also

Examples

Concatenating GEVA calculations into the final results

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Note

See Also

Examples

GEVA Hierarchical Clustering

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Note

See Also

Examples

GEVA “Ideal” Example for Package Testing

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

See Also

Examples

GEVA Input Post-processing

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Examples

GEVA Input Processing and Merge

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Note

Examples

GEVA Quantiles Detection

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Note

See Also

Examples

All-In-One Function for GEVA Intermediate Procedures

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Examples