Re: [Bioc-devel] Use of Matrix inside SummarizedExperiment

2016-01-26 Thread Peter Hickey
Thanks, Hervé! On 26/01/2016, Hervé Pagès wrote: > Hi Pete, > > On 01/25/2016 12:32 PM, Peter Hickey wrote: >> The Matrix virtual class in the Matrix package seems to mostly work as >> an assays element in a SummarizedExperiment. This is especially useful >> for data that can be efficiently repre

Re: [Bioc-devel] Use of Matrix inside SummarizedExperiment

2016-01-25 Thread Hervé Pagès
Hi Pete, On 01/25/2016 12:32 PM, Peter Hickey wrote: The Matrix virtual class in the Matrix package seems to mostly work as an assays element in a SummarizedExperiment. This is especially useful for data that can be efficiently represented as a sparse matrix, e.g., using the dgCMatrix class. My

[Bioc-devel] Use of Matrix inside SummarizedExperiment

2016-01-25 Thread Peter Hickey
The Matrix virtual class in the Matrix package seems to mostly work as an assays element in a SummarizedExperiment. This is especially useful for data that can be efficiently represented as a sparse matrix, e.g., using the dgCMatrix class. My understanding is that this works because the (concrete