Tag Archives: PyPedal

pandas support may be coming in PyPedal 2.1

I’ve been experimenting with pandas, a data analysis toolkit that provide an R-like data frame object. I am close to having working code that converts pedigree data into a DataFrame instance, which should make a lot of computations much easier. … Continue reading

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Lyx 2 and Sweave on Windows

Just a quick not to say that I just got Lyx and Sweave working under Windows XP. Maybe I’ll post some links later, but for now I just wanted to say that it was pretty straightforward. I installed R 2.12, … Continue reading

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New Tools Coming to PyPedal

While I sit here on the train I thought I’d let you know what’s going on with PyPedal these days. First, I do not have plans for a Python 3 port at the moment. One of the big blockers on … Continue reading

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I guess that nobody has been using that feature (2.0.1 bugfix release)

Today I released PyPedal version 2.0.1, which includes a bugfix to the inbreeding routine. PyPedal will form a numerator relationship matrix (NRM) at the time the pedigree is loaded if you ask it to. and the NRM can then be … Continue reading

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Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them.

The day they said would never come has finally arrived — just a few minutes ago I tagged and released the first production version of PyPedal, my pedigree analysis software. This is the end of a seven-and-a-half-year development cycle, which … Continue reading

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Unknown Parent Groups and PyPedal

I had a visiting scientist in the lab the last couple of weeks and had to get a manuscript finished. But here we are again. Here’s the deal — no unknown parent groups in version 2.0. It turns out to … Continue reading

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So, what’s the deal with PyPedal?

I’m glad you asked that. If you’ve seen the website recently then you know that there’s been no development activity for quite a long time. What can I say? I’ve been pretty busy on other things. The important point is … Continue reading

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PyPedal Article Published in Python Magazine

The March 2009 issue of Python Magazine is on the news-stands. Guess whose article is mentioned on the cover?

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PyPedal Release Candidate 7 Highlights Need for Unit Testing

Many thanks to Matthieu Authier for reporting several bugs, which in turn led to more bugs. The hunt started with broken code in examples/new_amatrix.py, which led to bugs in several subroutines in pyp_nrm, which exposed some small side issues. Notably, … Continue reading

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PyPedal Release Candidate 6 Fixes Logging

I broke logging a while ago and didn’t notice it. Now it;s fixed. I’ve also modified pyp_metrics/renumber() so that it now cleans-up after itself by deleting ID map files when renumbering is complete; if you need to retain the file … Continue reading

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