Estimating the false discovery rate using the stochastic approximation algorithm

Biometrika

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 961-977

  Liang, Faming ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensemble averaging; False discovery rate; Microarray data analysis; Multiple hypothesis testing; Stochastic approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249090966     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asn036     Document Type: Article

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