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bluster

Clustering Algorithms for Bioconductor

Bioconductor version: 3.23 · Package version: 1.22.0

Wraps common clustering algorithms in an easily extended S4 framework. Backends are implemented for hierarchical, k-means and graph-based clustering. Several utilities are also provided to compare and evaluate clustering results.

Installation

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("bluster")

Details

MaintainerAaron Lun <infinite.monkeys.with.keyboards@gmail.com>
AuthorAaron Lun [aut, cre], Stephanie Hicks [ctb], Basil Courbayre [ctb], Tuomas Borman [ctb], Leo Lahti [ctb]
LicenseGPL-3
System RequirementsC++17
Downloads rank9001
Source branchRELEASE_3_23
biocViewsClustering, GeneExpression, ImmunoOncology, SingleCell, Software, Transcriptomics

Documentation

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Dependencies

Imports: stats, methods, utils, cluster, Matrix, Rcpp, igraph, S4Vectors, BiocParallel, BiocNeighbors

LinkingTo: Rcpp, assorthead

Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, testthat, BiocStyle, dynamicTreeCut, scRNAseq, scuttle, scater, scran, pheatmap, viridis, mbkmeans, kohonen, apcluster, DirichletMultinomial, vegan, fastcluster

Reverse dependencies

Imports Me (17): BatChef, Canek, chevreulProcess, clustSIGNAL, concordexR, dandelionR, jrSiCKLSNMF, jvecfor, mia, miaDash, MPAC, poem, scDblFinder, scDiagnostics, scran, scTypeEval, Voyager

Suggests Me (16): anglemania, batchelor, ChromSCape, Coralysis, dittoSeq, GSVA, Ibex, mbkmeans, miaViz, MOSim, mumosa, scLANE, sketchR, spatialHeatmap, SuperCell, SuperCellCyto