der-class function

Class "der"

An S4 class containing the output inder function. class

Returns

A class for a matrix of derivatives from amplifications curve data of a qPCR experiment.

Slots

• .Data:: "matrix" is a matrix containing smoothed data as well as the first and second derivative.
• method:: "character" used method of smoothing.

Methods

• summary: signature(object = "der"): calculates and prints approximate first derivative maximum, second derivative maximum, second derivative minimum and second derivative center. See summary.der.
• show: signature(object = "der"): prints only .Data slot of the object.

Author(s)

Stefan Roediger, Michal Burdukiewicz

See Also

inder

Examples

pcr <- AmpSim(cyc = 1:40)
res <- inder(pcr[, 1], pcr[, 2])
sums <- summary(res)
print(sums)