NAME

UMLS::Association::StatFinder - provides the statistical association information of the concept pairs in the UMLS

DESCRIPTION For more information please see the UMLS::Association.pm documentation.

SYNOPSIS

use UMLS::Association::StatFinder;
use UMLS::Association::ErrorHandler;

%params = ();

$statfinder = UMLS::Association::StatFinder->new(\%params);
die "Unable to create UMLS::Association::StatFinder object.\n" if(!$statfinder);

my $cui1 = C0018563;   
my $cui2 = C0446516; 

#  get the frequecy
my $freq = $statfinder->_getFrequency($cui1, $cui2); 

#  get marginal totals
my $np1 = $statfinder->_getNp1($cui2);
my $n1p = $statfinder->_getN1p($cui1); 

# calculate measure assocation
my $measure = "ll"; 
my $score = $statfinder->_calculateStatistic($cui1, $cui2, $measure); 

INSTALL

To install the module, run the following magic commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

This will install the module in the standard location. You will, most probably, require root privileges to install in standard system directories. To install in a non-standard directory, specify a prefix during the 'perl Makefile.PL' stage as:

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/bridget

It is possible to modify other parameters during installation. The details of these can be found in the ExtUtils::MakeMaker documentation. However, it is highly recommended not messing around with other parameters, unless you know what you're doing.

SEE ALSO

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/umls-similarity/

AUTHOR

Bridget T McInnes <bmcinnes@vcu.edu>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2015
Bridget T. McInnes, Virginia Commonwealth University
btmcinnes at vcu.edu

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