Clustering DNA methylation expressions using nonparametric beta mixture model

Lin Zhang, Jia Meng, Hui Liu, Yufei Huang*

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Abstract

The problem of defining the clustering structure in DNA methylation expressions is considered. A Dirichlet process beta mixture model (DPBMM) is proposed that models the DNA methylation data array. The model allows automatic learning of the cluster structure parameters such as the cluster mixing proportion, the models of each cluster, and especially the number of clusters. To enable the learning, we proposed a Gibbs sampling algorithm for computing the posterior distributions, hence the estimates of the parameters. We investigate the performance of the proposed clustering algorithm via simulation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings 2011 IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS'11
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages170-173
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781467304900
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS'11 - San Antonio, TX, United States
Duration: 4 Dec 20116 Dec 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics
ISSN (Print)2150-3001
ISSN (Electronic)2150-301X

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS'11
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Antonio, TX
Period4/12/116/12/11

Keywords

  • Beta mixture model
  • DNA methylation microarray
  • Dirichlet process mixture (DPM)
  • Gibbs sampling

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