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Bayesian Models for Meta-Analysis of Microarray Data

This page contains the WinBUGS code for implementing the Bayesian meta-analysis models for microarray data, based on the following:

1)      Conlon, E.M., Song, J.J., Liu, A. (2007) Bayesian meta-analysis models for microarray data: a comparative study. BMC Bioinformatics, 8:80.
Download the paper here (Open Access)

2)      Conlon, E.M., Song, J.J., Liu, J.S. (2006) Bayesian models for pooling microarray studies with multiple sources of replications. BMC Bioinformatics, 7:247.
Download the paper here (Open Access)

System Requirements

Windows:

Windows 98 or later

WinBUGS version 1.4 or later, downloadable here (free license): The BUGS Project

Linux:

Note: The OpenBUGS project also contains software for running LinBUGS, a Linux version of BUGS. The WinBUGS code below can also be used in LinBUGS. For more information, visit the OpenBUGS website.

WinBUGS code

1)      For Conlon et al. 2007:

SEI model WinBUGS code: SEImodelWinBUGS.txt

PI model WinBUGS code: PImodelWinBUGS.txt

2)      For Conlon et al. 2006:

README file in PDF format: README.BayesPoolMicro.pdf

Example1 model, data and initial values in plain text format:
Example1 Model
Example1 Data
Example1 Initial Values