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BAYAS: simplifying access to Bayesian analysis for biologists
Christoph Waterkamp1, Daniel Hoffmann1,2,3
1Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2, Essen, NRW, 45117, Germany.
Motivation:
In biological research, complex and noisy biological systems with small effects are often studied with small sample sizes. Such a setting is ideal for Bayesian analysis as it supplements new data with prior knowledge and emphasizes uncertainty quantification. Unfortunately, the proper application of Bayesian analysis requires a degree of computational expertise beyond the training of many biologists.
Results:
We have developed BAYAS (BAYesian Analysis Simplified), a web-based tool that provides programming-free access to Bayesian workflows for numerous use cases. BAYAS comes with three modules: Planning for Bayesian determination of sample sizes; Evaluation for Bayesian analysis of experimental data; Report to make analyses transparent and reproducible.
Availability And Implementation:
BAYAS can be accessed freely at https://bayas.zmb.uni-due.de/app/bayas (server) and https://github.com/GitCJW/bayas_bioinformatics or https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15052467 (source).
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