library(data.table) #' Perform a cluster analysis. #' #' This function will cluster the data using `hclust` and `cutree` (with the #' specified height). Every cluster with at least two members qualifies for #' further analysis. Clusters are then ranked based on their size in relation #' to the number of values. The return value is a final score between zero and #' one. Lower ranking clusters contribute less to this score. clusteriness <- function(data, height = 1000000) { n <- length(data) # Return a score of 0.0 if there is just one or no value at all. if (n < 2) { return(0.0) } # Cluster the data and compute the cluster sizes. tree <- hclust(dist(data)) clusters <- cutree(tree, h = height) cluster_sizes <- sort(tabulate(clusters), decreasing = TRUE) # Compute the "clusteriness" score. score <- 0.0 for (i in seq_along(cluster_sizes)) { cluster_size <- cluster_sizes[i] if (cluster_size >= 2) { cluster_score <- cluster_size / n score <- score + cluster_score / i } } score } #' Process genes clustering their distance to telomeres. process_clusteriness <- function(distances, gene_ids, preset) { results <- data.table(gene = gene_ids) # Prefilter the input data by species. distances <- distances[species %chin% preset$species_ids] # Add an index for quickly accessing data per gene. setkey(distances, gene) #' Perform the cluster analysis for one gene. compute <- function(gene_id) { clusteriness(distances[gene_id, distance]) } results[, score := compute(gene), by = 1:nrow(results)] }