#' Rank the results by computing a score. #' #' This function takes the result of [analyze()] and creates a score by #' computing a weighted mean across the different methods' results. #' #' @param analysis Analysis object resulting from [analyze()]. #' @param weights Named list pairing method names with weighting factors. Only #' methods that are contained within this list will be included. #' #' @returns A ranking object. The object extends the analysis with additional #' columns containing the `score` and the `rank` of each gene. It will be #' ordered by rank. #' #' @export ranking <- function(analysis, weights) { if (!"geposan_analysis" %chin% class(analysis)) { stop("Invalid analyis. Use geposan::analyze().") } ranking <- copy(analysis) ranking[, score := 0.0] for (method in names(weights)) { weighted <- weights[[method]] * ranking[, ..method] ranking[, score := score + weighted] } # Normalize scores to be between 0.0 and 1.0. ranking[, score := score / sum(unlist(weights))] setorder(ranking, -score) ranking[, rank := .I] structure( ranking, class = c("geposan_ranking", "geposan_analysis", class(ranking)) ) } #' Find the best weights to rank the results. #' #' This function finds the optimal parameters to [ranking()] that result in the #' reference genes ranking particulary high. #' #' @param analysis Results from [analyze()] or [ranking()]. #' @param methods Methods to include in the score. #' @param reference_gene_ids IDs of the reference genes. #' @param target The optimization target. It may be one of "mean", "min" or #' "max" and results in the respective rank being optimized. #' #' @returns Named list pairing method names with their optimal weights. This #' can be used as an argument to [ranking()]. #' #' @export optimal_weights <- function(analysis, methods, reference_gene_ids, target = "mean") { if (!"geposan_analysis" %chin% class(analysis)) { stop("Invalid analyis. Use geposan::analyze().") } # Create the named list from the factors vector. weights <- function(factors) { result <- NULL mapply(function(method, factor) { result[[method]] <<- factor }, methods, factors) result } # Compute the target rank of the reference genes when applying the weights. target_rank <- function(factors) { data <- ranking(analysis, weights(factors)) data[gene %chin% reference_gene_ids, if (target == "min") { min(rank) } else if (target == "max") { max(rank) } else { mean(rank) }] } factors <- stats::optim(rep(1.0, length(methods)), target_rank)$par factors[factors < 0.0] <- 0.0 total_weight <- sum(factors) weights(factors / total_weight) }