bg.adjust package:affy R Documentation _B_a_c_k_g_r_o_u_n_d _a_j_u_s_t_m_e_n_t (_i_n_t_e_r_n_a_l _f_u_n_c_t_i_o_n) _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n: An internal function to be used by 'bg.correct.rma'. _U_s_a_g_e: bg.adjust(pm, n.pts = 2^14, ...) bg.parameters(pm, n.pts = 2^14) _A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s: pm: a pm matrix n.pts: number of points to use in call to 'density'. ...: extra arguments to pass to bg.adjust. _D_e_t_a_i_l_s: Assumes PMs are a convolution of normal and exponentional. So we observe X+Y where X is backround and Y is signal. 'bg.adjust' returns E[Y|X+Y, Y>0] as our backround corrected PM. 'bg.parameters' provides adhoc estimates of the parameters of the normal and exponential distributions. _V_a_l_u_e: a matrix _S_e_e _A_l_s_o: 'bg.correct.rma'