I agree, but bacon is part of release. As Maarten said " *I would like to introduce the package bacon that has been added tobioconductor just before the release of version 3.3." 😁*
On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Martin Morgan < martin.mor...@roswellpark.org> wrote: > On 06/09/2016 10:06 AM, James W. MacDonald wrote: > >> You should post this on the support site ( >> https://support.bioconductor.org), >> using the 'News' item description. This bioc-devel is intended for >> discussion of issues with development of packages, not really for >> announcing new packages. >> > > actually the email to developers on package acceptance encourages them to > post to bioc-devel. > > I think the rationale was that the package is only available in devel, so > advertising on the support site would just lead to disappointment. > > Open to revised policies / suggestions, though. > > Martin > > >> Jim >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Maarten van Iterson <mviter...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Dear list, >>> >>> I would like to introduce the package bacon that has been added to >>> bioconductor just before the release of version 3.3. >>> >>> bacon can be used to estimate and control for bias and inflation often >>> present in epigenome- and transcriptome-wide association >>> studies(EWAS/TWAS). The idea behind bacon is to estimate the empirical >>> null >>> distribution from the data (using Bayesian statistics) and use the >>> empirical null i.s.o. a theoretical null for inference. Bacon supports >>> bias- and inflation-controlled fixed-effect meta-analysis that can be >>> executed in parallel. A manuscript is available from biorxiv ( >>> http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/27/055772). >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Maarten van Iterson >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel >>> >>> >> >> >> > > This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or > agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by > e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. > -- James W. MacDonald, M.S. Biostatistician University of Washington Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, # 100 Seattle WA 98105-6099 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
