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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ross BC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3929353 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mutual information (MI) is a powerful method for detecting relationships between data sets. There are accurate methods for estimating MI that avoid problems with "binning" when both data sets are discrete or when both data sets are continuous. We present an accurate, non-binning MI estimator for the case of one discrete data set and one continuous data set. This case applies when measuring, for example, the relationship between base sequence and gene expression level, or the effect of a cancer d ...[more]