geposan/R/ranking.R

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#' 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.
#' @param min_n_species Minimum number of required species per gene. Genes that
#' have fewer species will not be included in the ranking.
#'
#' @returns A ranking object. The object extends the analysis result with
#' additional columns containing the `score` and the `rank` of each gene. It
#' will be ordered by rank.
#'
#' @export
ranking <- function(analysis, weights, min_n_species = 10) {
if (!"geposan_analysis" %chin% class(analysis)) {
stop("Invalid analyis. Use geposan::analyze().")
}
# Count included species from the preset per gene.
genes_n_species <- geposan::distances[
species %chin% analysis$preset$species_ids,
.(n_species = .N),
by = "gene"
]
setkey(genes_n_species, gene)
# Exclude genes with too few species.
ranking <- analysis$results[
genes_n_species[gene, n_species] >= min_n_species
]
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.
min_score <- ranking[, min(score)]
max_score <- ranking[, max(score)]
score_range <- max_score - min_score
ranking[, score := (score - min_score) / score_range]
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.
#' @param min_n_species Minimum number of required species per gene. Genes that
#' have fewer species will not be included in the rankings used to find the
#' optimal weights.
#'
#' @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", min_n_species = 10) {
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),
min_n_species = min_n_species
)
result <- data[gene %chin% reference_gene_ids, if (target == "min") {
min(rank)
} else if (target == "max") {
max(rank)
} else {
mean(rank)
}]
if (result > 0) {
result
} else {
Inf
}
}
factors <- stats::optim(
rep(0.0, length(methods)),
target_rank
)$par
weights(factors / max(abs(factors)))
}