TRL-Microarray version 0.01
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TRL::Microarray is a suite of object oriented Perl Modules for the analysis of microarray experiment data. These include modules for handling common formats of microarray files, modules for the programmatic abstraction of a microarray experiment, and for the output of a variety of images describing microarray experiment data. 

This distribution is not yet fully tested, and some packages are not fully implemented - specifically TRL::Microarray::Microarray_File::Agilent and TRL::Microarray::Microarray_File::GenePix should be used with caution. 

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

  Image::ExifTool
  GD
  GD::Image
  Statistics::Descriptive

The test scripts accompanying the modules require the following modules and libraries:

  Test::More
  Test::Group
  Test::Differences
  Test::Deep 

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2007 by Christopher Jones

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself
