APCluster: an R package for affinity propagation clustering
Ulrich Bodenhofera b, Andreas Kothmeiera b, Sepp Hochreitera b
- aInstitute of Bioinformatics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
- bInstitute of Bioinformatics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
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Abstract
SUMMARY: Affinity propagation (AP) clustering has recently gained increasing popularity in bioinformatics. AP clustering has the advantage that it allows for determining typical cluster members, the so-called exemplars. We provide an R implementation of this promising new clustering technique to account for the ubiquity of R in bioinformatics. This article introduces the package and presents an application from structural biology. AVAILABILITY: The R package apcluster is available via CRAN-The Comprehensive R Archive Network: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/apcluster CONTACT: apcluster@bioinf.jku.at; bodenhofer@bioinf.jku.at.