Microarray Data Analysis Using BRB-ArrayTools Version 4.2.0 ...

Classification of samples• Cluster analysis vs. classification• Use cluster analysis to discover new classes, or forvisualization purposes• Use classification when classes are already specified• Classification is supervised learning, and generally hasmore power because it uses the known information aboutthe hybridized samples.• Use the Class Prediction tool when the primary interest isto form a classifier to predict the class of new samples.101