What's new in Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction 3.0.2

Mar 14, 2013
  • fixed bug where new batch/command line parameters such as '-discrete_significance_metric' were left disabled for non-experimental use.

New in Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction 3.0.1 (Mar 14, 2013)

  • fixed bug printing permutation report when no originalAnalysis results passed in
  • print permutation results with higher precision so permutations_on_cluster.py can match float comparison results
  • fix bug looking up top model annotation info
  • enhanced permutations_on_cluster.py to match output of running permutations on a single machine
  • show cv results even on a forced search since now could be multiple or with wildcards
  • change most text output from space separated to tab delimited
  • change summary table header from testing to overall when no cross validation
  • changed large_file_on_cluster to only do CV=1.

New in Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction 3.0 (Mar 14, 2013)

  • Changed Top Models to show Overall Balanced accuracy rather than training. This allows huge speed up when doing cross-validation since only the top models need to be cross-validated.
  • Added support for quantitative endpoints (Q-MDR)
  • Added Network tab with network analysis methods
  • Added support for wildcards in forced searches so you can see the best model which includes specified attribute(s)
  • Added much more powerful API in org.epistasis.mdr.api.MDRExecutor
  • Added filters multiSURF and multiSURFnTuRF
  • Added elapsed/estimated timer to progress bars
  • Extended the 'paired' analysis to also deal with triplets (e.g. case, control, control data). If a repeating pattern of status values is detected then the 'matched' checkbox (formerly called 'paired') will be enabled.
  • Added new filter type: the ability to pass in a file. It will read in attributes from the file and filter the dataset to only contain those columns.
  • Fixed bugs saving EPS graphs, saving text of network graphs
  • Changed default Y axis of landscape line charts to dynamically set range rather than being set to 0 and 1
  • Added warning upon data load if missing data encountered
  • Improved feedback about mismatches between expert knowledge score file and dataset attribute names.
  • Added new column to the Expert Knowledge 'View Scores' table. New column is 'current probability' and it updates as EDA searches update.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction 2.0 Beta 8.4 (Aug 5, 2011)

  • Fixed bug about type of units returned by TuRF. Explanation: SURFnTuRF, SURFStarnTuRF use zTransformed values. When they were
  • implemented in 2.0 beta 4 2009-06-04, TuRF was also changed to use zTransformed scores. The difference is not great but
  • the TuRF algorithm is documented as returning ReliefF scores so it is now being restored to return ReliefF scores.
  • Fixed bug in batch mode where landscape table was missing a line break between table header and first row.
  • Fixed bug in batch mode permutation output. The boundary p-values have been incorrect. The easiest way to see that
  • this was wrong was to notice that at less significant p-values, the stated balanced accuracy was higher which
  • makes no sense.
  • Added ability to run analysis on more than one dataset in batch mode
  • Added warning dialogs after loading an expert knowledge file if there were unmatched attributes.
  • Added -all_models_outfile option to console version. If a filename passed in, MDR will output all models looked at with
  • their training and testing balanced accuracy. Unlike landscape and Top Models this is written continuously rather than
  • waiting until the end and therefore doesn't require massive amounts of memory.
  • Updated BareBonesBrowserLaunch code to v3.1 as described here: http://www.centerkey.com/java/browser/

New in Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction 2.0 Beta 8.3 (Oct 27, 2010)

  • Added support for batch mode to accept urls for dataset filenames
  • Added simple API to do an analysis. org.epistasis.combinatoric.mdr.MDRExternalAPI
  • In batch mode, dataset can be a local file path or a url.
  • Fixed nullPointerException when reading in a saved analysis before any analysis had been run.