Cox-based MDR (CoxMDR) [37] U U U U U No No No No Yes D, Q, MV D D D D No Yes Yes Yes NoMultivariate GMDR (MVGMDR) [38] Robust MDR (RMDR) [39]Blood pressure [38] Bladder cancer [39] Alzheimer’s disease [40] Chronic Fatigue Syndrome [41]Log-linear-based MDR (LM-MDR) [40] Odds-ratio-based MDR (OR-MDR) [41] Optimal MDR (Opt-MDR) [42] U NoMDR for Stratified Populations (MDR-SP) [43] UDNoPair-wise MDR (PW-MDR) [44]Simultaneous handling of families and unrelateds Transformation of SCH 727965 web Survival time into dichotomous attribute working with martingale residuals Multivariate modeling working with generalized estimating equations Handling of sparse/empty cells using `unknown risk’ class Enhanced issue combination by log-linear models and re-classification of risk OR as an alternative of naive Bayes classifier to ?classify its threat Information driven rather of fixed threshold; Pvalues approximated by generalized EVD alternatively of permutation test Accounting for population stratification by using principal components; significance estimation by generalized EVD Handling of sparse/empty cells by minimizing contingency tables to all attainable two-dimensional interactions No D U No DYesKidney transplant [44]NoDimethyloxallyl Glycine site Evaluation of your classification outcome Extended MDR (EMDR) Evaluation of final model by v2 statistic; [45] consideration of diverse permutation strategies Diverse phenotypes or information structures Survival Dimensionality Classification determined by differences beReduction (SDR) [46] tween cell and whole population survival estimates; IBS to evaluate modelsUNoSNoRheumatoid arthritis [46]continuedTable 1. (Continued) Data structure Cov Pheno Compact sample sizesa No No ApplicationsNameDescriptionU U No QNoSBladder cancer [47] Renal and Vascular EndStage Disease [48] Obesity [49]Survival MDR (Surv-MDR) a0023781 [47] Quantitative MDR (QMDR) [48] U No O NoOrdinal MDR (Ord-MDR) [49] F No DLog-rank test to classify cells; squared log-rank statistic to evaluate models dar.12324 Handling of quantitative phenotypes by comparing cell with overall mean; t-test to evaluate models Handling of phenotypes with >2 classes by assigning every cell to probably phenotypic class Handling of extended pedigrees applying pedigree disequilibrium test No F No D NoAlzheimer’s disease [50]MDR with Pedigree Disequilibrium Test (MDR-PDT) [50] MDR with Phenomic Analysis (MDRPhenomics) [51]Autism [51]Aggregated MDR (A-MDR) [52]UNoDNoJuvenile idiopathic arthritis [52]Model-based MDR (MBMDR) [53]Handling of trios by comparing quantity of instances genotype is transmitted versus not transmitted to impacted child; analysis of variance model to assesses impact of Pc Defining substantial models employing threshold maximizing region beneath ROC curve; aggregated risk score based on all significant models Test of each cell versus all other individuals working with association test statistic; association test statistic comparing pooled highrisk and pooled low-risk cells to evaluate models U NoD, Q, SNoBladder cancer [53, 54], Crohn’s illness [55, 56], blood stress [57]Cov ?Covariate adjustment doable, Pheno ?Doable phenotypes with D ?Dichotomous, Q ?Quantitative, S ?Survival, MV ?Multivariate, O ?Ordinal.Data structures: F ?Family based, U ?Unrelated samples.A roadmap to multifactor dimensionality reduction methodsaBasically, MDR-based methods are created for smaller sample sizes, but some procedures supply special approaches to deal with sparse or empty cells, normally arising when analyzing very small sample sizes.||Gola et al.Table 2. Implementations of MDR-based techniques Metho.Cox-based MDR (CoxMDR) [37] U U U U U No No No No Yes D, Q, MV D D D D No Yes Yes Yes NoMultivariate GMDR (MVGMDR) [38] Robust MDR (RMDR) [39]Blood pressure [38] Bladder cancer [39] Alzheimer’s illness [40] Chronic Fatigue Syndrome [41]Log-linear-based MDR (LM-MDR) [40] Odds-ratio-based MDR (OR-MDR) [41] Optimal MDR (Opt-MDR) [42] U NoMDR for Stratified Populations (MDR-SP) [43] UDNoPair-wise MDR (PW-MDR) [44]Simultaneous handling of households and unrelateds Transformation of survival time into dichotomous attribute utilizing martingale residuals Multivariate modeling making use of generalized estimating equations Handling of sparse/empty cells working with `unknown risk’ class Enhanced element combination by log-linear models and re-classification of risk OR instead of naive Bayes classifier to ?classify its risk Data driven alternatively of fixed threshold; Pvalues approximated by generalized EVD instead of permutation test Accounting for population stratification by using principal elements; significance estimation by generalized EVD Handling of sparse/empty cells by reducing contingency tables to all possible two-dimensional interactions No D U No DYesKidney transplant [44]NoEvaluation in the classification result Extended MDR (EMDR) Evaluation of final model by v2 statistic; [45] consideration of various permutation strategies Diverse phenotypes or data structures Survival Dimensionality Classification depending on variations beReduction (SDR) [46] tween cell and whole population survival estimates; IBS to evaluate modelsUNoSNoRheumatoid arthritis [46]continuedTable 1. (Continued) Data structure Cov Pheno Modest sample sizesa No No ApplicationsNameDescriptionU U No QNoSBladder cancer [47] Renal and Vascular EndStage Disease [48] Obesity [49]Survival MDR (Surv-MDR) a0023781 [47] Quantitative MDR (QMDR) [48] U No O NoOrdinal MDR (Ord-MDR) [49] F No DLog-rank test to classify cells; squared log-rank statistic to evaluate models dar.12324 Handling of quantitative phenotypes by comparing cell with overall mean; t-test to evaluate models Handling of phenotypes with >2 classes by assigning each and every cell to most likely phenotypic class Handling of extended pedigrees utilizing pedigree disequilibrium test No F No D NoAlzheimer’s disease [50]MDR with Pedigree Disequilibrium Test (MDR-PDT) [50] MDR with Phenomic Analysis (MDRPhenomics) [51]Autism [51]Aggregated MDR (A-MDR) [52]UNoDNoJuvenile idiopathic arthritis [52]Model-based MDR (MBMDR) [53]Handling of trios by comparing quantity of instances genotype is transmitted versus not transmitted to impacted kid; evaluation of variance model to assesses effect of Computer Defining substantial models employing threshold maximizing area under ROC curve; aggregated risk score according to all substantial models Test of every single cell versus all other individuals working with association test statistic; association test statistic comparing pooled highrisk and pooled low-risk cells to evaluate models U NoD, Q, SNoBladder cancer [53, 54], Crohn’s illness [55, 56], blood stress [57]Cov ?Covariate adjustment possible, Pheno ?Achievable phenotypes with D ?Dichotomous, Q ?Quantitative, S ?Survival, MV ?Multivariate, O ?Ordinal.Data structures: F ?Household primarily based, U ?Unrelated samples.A roadmap to multifactor dimensionality reduction methodsaBasically, MDR-based solutions are developed for small sample sizes, but some approaches deliver particular approaches to handle sparse or empty cells, typically arising when analyzing extremely small sample sizes.||Gola et al.Table two. Implementations of MDR-based approaches Metho.