Detecting novel associations in large data sets.

Identifying interesting relationships between pairs of variables in large data sets is increasingly important. Here, we present a measure of dependence for two-variable relationships: the maximal information coefficient (MIC). MIC captures a wide range of associations both functional and not, and fo...

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Main Authors: Reshef, D, Reshef, Y, Finucane, H, Grossman, SR, McVean, G, Turnbaugh, P, Lander, E, Mitzenmacher, M, Sabeti, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011