Patent Document ID: 20090177408
Application ID: 12355195
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for summarizing parameter value, the method being implemented in a computer and comprising the steps of: grouping measurement result from a data set into a plurality of pairs of measurement results; determining, for said each one pair of measurement results, whether predetermined measures for said each one pair of measurement results satisfy threshold criteria; classifying a pair of measurement results from said plurality of pairs of measurement results as not changing if the predetermined measures do not satisfy the threshold criteria; comparing, if the predetermined measures satisfied the threshold criteria, one measurement result in said each one pair of measurement results to another measurement result in said each one pair of measurement results; classifying, after the comparison, said each one pair of measurement results according to result of the comparison; selecting a common set of measurement results from the classified plurality of pairs of measurement result for use with the data set; and providing summary measures for a parameter utilizing the common set; said determining, classifying, comparing, selecting and providing being performed by means of a computer usable medium having computer readable code that causes the computer to perform said steps; whereby the data set includes data obtained from large-scale measurements of organismal and cellular state involving multiple independent measurements of each parameter, said parameters including genes, transcripts and proteins; and wherein the summarized parameter values are utilized for decision making to increase confidence on the use of the data in activities including manufacturing, handling, hybridization and gene expression.