Table 3

Estimation of parameters from the simulation of 100 DNA-microarray slides. The mentioned deviations are the number of estimated standard-deviations that the estimated mean, respectively median, lie away from the true value of the parameter.

Parameter

Deviation (mean)

Deviation (median)

μ

0.1

0.1

σ_channel

-0.3

-0.5

σ_pin

1.5

1.5

σ²_gene

-1.6

-1.6

ρ

-1.6

-1.6

σ_ε

-0.7

-0.6

|μ_-|, μ₊

-1.1

-1.0

π_-, π₊

1.0

0.7

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