RapidMic: Rapid Computation of the Maximal Information Coefficient
Author(s) -
Dongming Tang,
Mingwen Wang,
Weifan Zheng,
Hongjun Wang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
evolutionary bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 1176-9343
DOI - 10.4137/ebo.s13121
Subject(s) - computation , computer science , code (set theory) , scale (ratio) , source code , data mining , parallel processing , algorithm , parallel computing , programming language , physics , set (abstract data type) , quantum mechanics
To discover relationships and associations rapidly in large-scale datasets, we propose a cross-platform tool for the rapid computation of the maximal information coefficient based on parallel computing methods. Through parallel processing, the provided tool can effectively analyze large-scale biological datasets with a markedly reduced computing time. The experimental results show that the proposed tool is notably fast, and is able to perform an all-pairs analysis of a large biological dataset using a normal computer. The source code and guidelines can be downloaded from https://github.com/HelloWorldCN/RapidMic.
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