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Detecting clusters of different geometrical shapes in microarray gene expression data.

Dae-Won Kim1, Kwang H Lee, Doheon Lee

  • 1Department of BioSystems and Advanced Information Technology Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
|January 14, 2005
PubMed
Summary

The Gustafson-Kessel (GK) clustering method effectively identifies gene expression patterns with varied cluster shapes. This adaptive approach outperforms conventional methods in biological relevance for microarray data analysis.

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Area of Science:

  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology
  • Genomics

Background:

  • Gene expression data analysis often employs clustering to identify co-regulated genes.
  • Conventional clustering methods like k-means and Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) struggle with diverse cluster shapes due to fixed distance norms.
  • There is a need for clustering algorithms that can adapt to different cluster geometries in gene expression data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Gustafson-Kessel (GK) clustering method for analyzing microarray gene expression data.
  • To address the limitations of fixed distance norms in conventional clustering by employing an adaptive distance norm.
  • To evaluate the performance of the GK method against established clustering techniques.

Main Methods:

  • The Gustafson-Kessel (GK) clustering method utilizes an adaptive distance norm based on fuzzy covariance matrices to detect clusters of varying shapes.

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  • The eigenstructure of the fuzzy covariance matrix serves as an indicator of cluster shape.
  • The algorithm employs alternating optimization for iterative refinement of cluster assignments, reducing susceptibility to local minima compared to k-means and SOM.

    • Main Results:

    • The GK method demonstrated superior performance in clustering yeast gene expression datasets compared to conventional methods.
    • Clustering results from the GK method showed significantly higher relevance to biological annotations from the Saccharomyces Genome Database.
    • The adaptive distance norm enabled the detection of clusters with diverse geometrical configurations.

    Conclusions:

    • The Gustafson-Kessel (GK) clustering method is effective for analyzing microarray gene expression data, particularly for identifying clusters with non-spherical shapes.
    • The GK method offers improved biological relevance in gene expression data analysis.
    • The developed software is available in Java, ensuring cross-platform compatibility.