Course detail
Multidimensional Analysis of Biomedical Data
FEKT-MPA-VMMAcad. year: 2020/2021
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Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Prerequisites
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Co-requisites
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Recommended optional programme components
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Recommended or required reading
A.C. Rencher: Methods of Multivariate Analysis, Wiley-Interscience, 2002 (CS)
J.H. McDonald: Handbook of Biological Statistics, Sparky House Publishing, 2008 (CS)
S. Theodoridis, K. Koutroumbas: An Introduction to Pattern Recognition: A Matlab Approach, Elsevier, 2010 (CS)
A. Hyvärinen, J. Karhunen, E. Oja: Independent Component Analysis, Wiley 2001 (CS)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
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Language of instruction
English
Work placements
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Course curriculum
1. Introduction to analysis of multidimentional biological data. Multidimentional analysis object, pros and cons. Classification of the methods.
2. Linear algebra foundations.
3. Multidimentional distributions and statistical tests.
4. Methods for data preprocessing. Transformation and standardization approaches. Problem of missing data.
5. Relationship between variables in multidimentional space. Similarity and distance measures. Correlation and covariance.
6. Cluster analysis of biological data. Hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering. Determining the optimal number of clusters. Clusters validation.
7. Ordinal analysis. Review of the methods used in biomedical applications.
8. Principal component analysis (PCA). Singular value decomposition.
9. Factor analysis. Fundamentals of factor analysis. Rotation of the factors.
10. Independent component analysis (ICA). ICA based feature extraction from biomedical data. Relationship between PCA, ICA and factor analysis.
11. Non-linear methods for data dimensionality reduction.
12. Multidimensional data analysis in biomedicine applications – overview.
Aims
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MPA-BIO Master's, 1. year of study, winter semester, 5 credits, compulsory