Gene clustering: 2001:
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Number of Trials
§
User sets desired confidence
Þ
p
targ
§
Need enough trials to be sure that
p
est
>
p
targ
or
p
est
<
p
targ
•
More trials
Þ
better estimate
•
Bernoulli experiment
Þ
estimate standard error
•
Repeat until estimate
is confidently below/above target
§
Choosing candidate minimum size
•
Do binary search on possible minimum sizes
•
Compute
p
est
for every size in single run.