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Matrix dissimilarities based on differences in moments and sparsity
Li Tuobang
Generating a dissimilarity matrix is typically the first step in big data analysis. Although numerous methods exist, such as Euclidean distance, Minkowski distance, Manhattan distance, Bray Curtis dissimilarity, Jaccard similarity and Dice dissimilarity, it remains unclear which factors drive dissimilarity between groups. In this paper, we introduce an approach based on differences in moments and sparsity. We show that this method can delineate the key factors underlying group differences. For example, in biology, mean dissimilarity indicates differences driven by up down regulated gene expressions, standard deviation dissimilarity reflects the heterogeneity of response to treatment, and sparsity dissimilarity corresponds to differences prompted by the activation silence of genes. Through extensive reanalysis of genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, immune profiling, microbiome, and social science datasets, we demonstrate insights not captured in previous studies. For instance, it shows that the sparsity dissimilarity is as effective as the mean dissimilarity in predicting the alleviation effects of a COVID 19 drug, suggesting that sparsity dissimilarity is highly meaningful.
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