Convex matrix factorization for gene expression analysis

A method is proposed for gene expression analysis relying upon convex matrix factorization (CMF). In CMF, one of the matrix factors has a convexity constraint, that is, each row is nonnegative and sums to one, and hence can be interpreted as a probability distribution. This is motivated biologically by expression data resulting from a mixture of different cell types. This thesis investigates implementing CMF with various constraints applied to the expression matrix, and applies the technique to a problem in analysis of the cell cycle and two problems in cancer classification.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Barnett, John D. (John Derek), 1970-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Tommi S. Jaakkola.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30098

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