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MDPI, Mathematics, 8(9), p. 882, 2021

DOI: 10.3390/math9080882

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A New Ensemble Method for Detecting Anomalies in Gene Expression Matrices

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Abstract

One of the main problems in the analysis of real data is often related to the presence of anomalies. Namely, anomalous cases can both spoil the resulting analysis and contain valuable information at the same time. In both cases, the ability to detect these occurrences is very important. In the biomedical field, a correct identification of outliers could allow the development of new biological hypotheses that are not considered when looking at experimental biological data. In this work, we address the problem of detecting outliers in gene expression data, focusing on microarray analysis. We propose an ensemble approach for detecting anomalies in gene expression matrices based on the use of Hierarchical Clustering and Robust Principal Component Analysis, which allows us to derive a novel pseudo-mathematical classification of anomalies.