Abstract
Gene expression arrays pose challenging problems for most traditional supervised learning techniques. We present a discussion of some of the issues involved. We then propose a simple approach to class prediction for DNA microarrays, based on a enhancement of the nearest centroid classifier. Our technique uses soft-thresholded class centroids as prototypes for each class. The shrinkage improves significantly prediction performance, and identifies a subset of the genes most responsible for class separation. The method performs as well or better than competitors from the literature, and is easy to understand and interpret. We illustrate the technique on data from three studies: small round blue cell tumors, leukemia and breast cancer.
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Hastie, T., Tibshirani, R., Narasimhan, B., Chu, G. (2002). Supervised Learning from Microarray Data. In: Härdle, W., Rönz, B. (eds) Compstat. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57489-4_7
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