[BioC] snapCGH question

[Sean Davis]

On Wednesday 18 April 2007 06:25, Federico Abascal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am learning about the snapCGH package, and would like to understand
> something:
> Is it required to have the information about position of the clone in
> the array (row and column number) in order to use the snapCGH package? I
> guess the bioHMM take this into account, but I am not sure. The aCGH
> package does not require this kind of information.

Just Chr and Position are needed, I believe.  

> In addition, I will be pleased to know the opinion of some experienced
> user, to determine if bioHMM does work better than aCGH in practice.
> (in the bioHMM application note no comparison is done)

You may want to look at this paper:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16159913

It doesn't answer your question directly.  However, it may help your to 
reframe the question slightly.

Sean