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Statistical Methods for Analyzing Tree-Structured Microbiome Data
Wang T, Zhao H. Statistical Methods for Analyzing Tree-Structured Microbiome Data. Frontiers In Probability And The Statistical Sciences 2021, 193-220. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73351-3_8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStatistical methodsOnly relative informationMicrobiome data analysisMicrobiome dataEmpirical Bayes estimationCompositional predictorsBayes estimationComputational challengesRelative informationDimension reductionAbundance matrixTaxa countsMultinomial modelMicrobiome datasetsPhylogenetic informationMicrobial taxaPhylogenetic treeSequencing technologiesOriginal ecosystemMicrobial compositionOrders of magnitudeMatrixExperimental methodsLibrary sizeZeros
2022
A Zero-Inflated Logistic Normal Multinomial Model for Extracting Microbial Compositions
Zeng Y, Pang D, Zhao H, Wang T. A Zero-Inflated Logistic Normal Multinomial Model for Extracting Microbial Compositions. Journal Of The American Statistical Association 2022, 118: 2356-2369. DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2022.2044827.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaximum likelihood estimationEfficient iterative algorithmProbabilistic PCA modelsEmpirical Bayes approachApproximation estimatorVariational approximationExcessive zerosM-estimationAsymptotic normalityIterative algorithmLikelihood estimationBayes approachCount dataHigh dimensionalityRaw count dataMultinomial modelExtensive simulationsZerosSupplementary materialMicrobiome dataCompositional natureEstimationPCA modelComposition estimationApproximation
2019
Prediction analysis for microbiome sequencing data
Wang T, Yang C, Zhao H. Prediction analysis for microbiome sequencing data. Biometrics 2019, 75: 875-884. PMID: 30994187, DOI: 10.1111/biom.13061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonte Carlo expectation-maximization algorithmInverse regression modelReal data exampleTypes of covariatesNew statistical frameworkMaximum likelihood estimationExpectation-maximization algorithmDimension reduction structureInverse regressionStatistical frameworkData examplesStatistical challengesLikelihood estimationMicrobiome sequencing dataHuman microbiome studiesHuman microbiome compositionDifferent library sizesZerosPredictive analysisModelEstimationAlgorithmSimulationsRegression modelsFramework