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1 /*
2  *  decalc.cpp
3  *  Mothur
4  *
5  *  Created by Sarah Westcott on 7/22/09.
6  *  Copyright 2009 Schloss Lab UMASS Amherst. All rights reserved.
7  *
8  */
9
10 #include "decalc.h"
11
12 //***************************************************************************************************************
13 void DeCalculator::setMask(string m) { 
14         try {
15                 seqMask = m; 
16                 
17                 if (seqMask.length() != 0) {
18                         //whereever there is a base in the mask, save that value is query and subject
19                         for (int i = 0; i < seqMask.length(); i++) {
20                                 if (isalpha(seqMask[i])) {
21                                         h.insert(i);
22                                 }
23                         }
24                 }else {
25                         for (int i = 0; i < alignLength; i++) {   h.insert(i);  }
26                 }
27         }
28         catch(exception& e) {
29                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "setMask");
30                 exit(1);
31         } 
32 }
33 //***************************************************************************************************************
34 void DeCalculator::runMask(Sequence* seq) {
35         try{
36                 
37                 string q = seq->getAligned();
38                 string tempQuery = "";
39                 
40                 //whereever there is a base in the mask, save that value is query and subject
41                 set<int>::iterator setit;
42                 for ( setit=h.begin() ; setit != h.end(); setit++ )  {
43                         tempQuery += q[*setit];
44                 }
45                 
46                 //save masked values
47                 seq->setAligned(tempQuery);
48                 seq->setUnaligned(tempQuery);
49         }
50         catch(exception& e) {
51                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "runMask");
52                 exit(1);
53         }
54 }
55 //***************************************************************************************************************
56 //num is query's spot in querySeqs
57 void DeCalculator::trimSeqs(Sequence* query, Sequence* subject, map<int, int>& trim) {
58         try {
59                 
60                 string q = query->getAligned();
61                 string s = subject->getAligned();
62                 
63                 int front = 0;
64                 for (int i = 0; i < q.length(); i++) {
65 //cout << "query = " << q[i] << " subject = " << s[i] << endl;
66                         if (isalpha(q[i]) && isalpha(s[i])) { front = i; break;  }
67                 }
68 //cout << endl << endl;         
69                 int back = 0;           
70                 for (int i = q.length(); i >= 0; i--) {
71 //cout << "query = " << q[i] << " subject = " << s[i] << endl;
72                         if (isalpha(q[i]) && isalpha(s[i])) { back = i; break;  }
73                 }
74                 
75                 trim[front] = back;
76                 
77         }
78         catch(exception& e) {
79                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "trimSeqs");
80                 exit(1);
81         }
82 }
83 //***************************************************************************************************************
84 vector<int>  DeCalculator::findWindows(Sequence* query, int front, int back, int& size, int increment) {
85         try {
86                 
87                 vector<int> win; 
88                 
89                 int cutoff = back - front;  //back - front 
90                         
91                 //if window is set to default
92                 if (size == 0) {  if (cutoff > 1200) {  size = 300; }
93                                                         else{  size = (cutoff / 4); }  } 
94                 else if (size > (cutoff / 4)) { 
95                                 mothurOut("You have selected to large a window size for sequence " + query->getName() + ".  I will choose an appropriate window size."); mothurOutEndLine();
96                                 size = (cutoff / 4); 
97                 }
98         
99         /*      string seq = query->getAligned().substr(front, cutoff);
100                         
101                 //count bases
102                 int numBases = 0;
103                 for (int l = 0; l < seq.length(); l++) {  if (isalpha(seq[l])) { numBases++; }  }
104 //cout << "num Bases = " << numBases << endl;                   
105                 //save start of seq
106                 win.push_back(front);
107 //cout << front << '\t';                
108                 //move ahead increment bases at a time until all bases are in a window
109                 int countBases = 0;
110                 int totalBases = 0;  //used to eliminate window of blanks at end of sequence
111                         
112                 seq = query->getAligned();
113                 for (int m = front; m < (back - size) ; m++) {
114                                 
115                         //count number of bases you see
116                         if (isalpha(seq[m])) { countBases++;  }
117                                 
118                         //if you have seen enough bases to make a new window
119                         if (countBases >= increment) {
120                                 //total bases is the number of bases in a window already.
121                                 totalBases += countBases;
122 //cout << "total bases = " << totalBases << endl;
123                                 win.push_back(m);  //save spot in alignment
124 //cout << m << '\t';
125                                 countBases = 0;                         //reset bases you've seen in this window
126                         }
127                                 
128                         //no need to continue if all your bases are in a window
129                         if (totalBases == numBases) {   break;  }
130                 }
131         
132
133                 //get last window if needed
134                 if (totalBases < numBases) {   win.push_back(back-size);  }
135 //cout << endl << endl;
136 */      
137                 
138                 //this follows wigeon, but we may want to consider that it chops off the end values if the sequence cannot be evenly divided into steps
139                 for (int m = front; m < (back - size) ; m+=increment) {  win.push_back(m);  }
140
141
142         
143                 return win;
144         
145         }
146         catch(exception& e) {
147                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "findWindows");
148                 exit(1);
149         }
150 }
151
152 //***************************************************************************************************************
153 vector<float> DeCalculator::calcObserved(Sequence* query, Sequence* subject, vector<int> window, int size) {
154         try {
155                 
156                 vector<float> temp;     
157                                 
158                 for (int m = 0; m < window.size(); m++) {
159                                                 
160                         string seqFrag = query->getAligned().substr(window[m], size);
161                         string seqFragsub = subject->getAligned().substr(window[m], size);
162                                 
163                         int diff = 0;
164                         for (int b = 0; b < seqFrag.length(); b++) {
165                                 //if at least one is a base and they are not equal
166                                 if( (isalpha(seqFrag[b]) || isalpha(seqFragsub[b])) && (seqFrag[b] != seqFragsub[b]) ) { diff++; }
167                         }
168                
169                         //percentage of mismatched bases
170                         float dist;
171                         
172                         //if the whole fragment is 0 distance = 0
173                         
174                         dist = diff / (float) (seqFrag.length()) * 100;      
175                                 
176                         temp.push_back(dist);
177                 }
178                         
179                 return temp;
180         }
181         catch(exception& e) {
182                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "calcObserved");
183                 exit(1);
184         }
185 }
186 //***************************************************************************************************************
187 float DeCalculator::calcDist(Sequence* query, Sequence* subject, int front, int back) {
188         try {
189                 
190                 //so you only look at the trimmed part of the sequence
191                 int cutoff = back - front;  
192                 int gaps = 0;
193                         
194                 //from first startpoint with length back-front
195                 string seqFrag = query->getAligned().substr(front, cutoff);
196                 string seqFragsub = subject->getAligned().substr(front, cutoff);
197                                                                                                                 
198                 int diff = 0;
199                 for (int b = 0; b < seqFrag.length(); b++) {
200                         //ignore gaps
201                         if((!isalpha(seqFrag[b])) && (!isalpha(seqFragsub[b]))) { gaps++; }
202                         if (seqFrag[b] != seqFragsub[b]) { diff++; }
203                 }
204                 
205                 //if the whole fragment is 0 distance = 0
206                 if ((seqFrag.length()-gaps) == 0)  { return 0.0; }
207                
208                 //percentage of mismatched bases
209                 float dist = diff / (float) (seqFrag.length()-gaps) * 100;       
210                                 
211                 return dist;
212         }
213         catch(exception& e) {
214                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "calcDist");
215                 exit(1);
216         }
217 }
218
219 //***************************************************************************************************************
220 vector<float> DeCalculator::calcExpected(vector<float> qav, float coef) {
221         try {
222                 
223                 //for each window
224                 vector<float> queryExpected;
225                         
226                 for (int m = 0; m < qav.size(); m++) {          
227                                 
228                         float expected = qav[m] * coef;
229                                 
230                         queryExpected.push_back(expected);      
231                 }
232                         
233                 return queryExpected;
234                                 
235         }
236         catch(exception& e) {
237                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "calcExpected");
238                 exit(1);
239         }
240 }
241 //***************************************************************************************************************
242 float DeCalculator::calcDE(vector<float> obs, vector<float> exp) {
243         try {
244                 
245                 //for each window
246                 float sum = 0.0;  //sum = sum from 1 to m of (oi-ei)^2
247                 for (int m = 0; m < obs.size(); m++) {          sum += ((obs[m] - exp[m]) * (obs[m] - exp[m]));         }
248                         
249                 float de = sqrt((sum / (obs.size() - 1)));
250                         
251                 return de;
252         }
253         catch(exception& e) {
254                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "calcDE");
255                 exit(1);
256         }
257 }
258
259 //***************************************************************************************************************
260
261 vector<float> DeCalculator::calcFreq(vector<Sequence*> seqs, string filename) {
262         try {
263
264                 vector<float> prob;
265                 string freqfile = getRootName(filename) + "freq";
266                 ofstream outFreq;
267                 
268                 openOutputFile(freqfile, outFreq);
269                 
270                 string length = toString(seqs.size());  //if there are 5000 seqs in the template then set precision to 3
271                 int precision = length.length() - 1;
272                 
273                 //format output
274                 outFreq.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); outFreq.setf(ios::showpoint);
275                 
276                 //at each position in the sequence
277                 for (int i = 0; i < seqs[0]->getAligned().length(); i++) {
278                         
279                         vector<int> freq;   freq.resize(4,0);
280                         int gaps = 0;
281                         
282                         //find the frequency of each nucleotide
283                         for (int j = 0; j < seqs.size(); j++) {
284                                 
285                                 char value = seqs[j]->getAligned()[i];
286                                 
287                                 if(toupper(value) == 'A')                                                                       {       freq[0]++;      }
288                                 else if(toupper(value) == 'T' || toupper(value) == 'U')         {       freq[1]++;      }
289                                 else if(toupper(value) == 'G')                                                          {       freq[2]++;      }
290                                 else if(toupper(value) == 'C')                                                          {       freq[3]++;      }
291                                 else { gaps++; }
292                         }
293                         
294                         //find base with highest frequency
295                         int highest = 0;
296                         for (int m = 0; m < freq.size(); m++) {   if (freq[m] > highest) {  highest = freq[m];  }               }
297                         
298                         float highFreq = highest / (float) (seqs.size());       
299                         
300                         float Pi;
301                         Pi =  (highFreq - 0.25) / 0.75; 
302                         
303                         //cannot have probability less than 0.
304                         if (Pi < 0) { Pi = 0.0; }
305                         
306                         //saves this for later
307                         outFreq << setprecision(precision) << i << '\t' << highFreq << endl;
308         
309                         if (h.count(i) > 0) {
310                                 prob.push_back(Pi); 
311                         }
312                 }
313                 
314                 outFreq.close();
315                 
316                 return prob;
317                                 
318         }
319         catch(exception& e) {
320                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "calcFreq");
321                 exit(1);
322         }
323 }
324 //***************************************************************************************************************
325 vector<float>  DeCalculator::findQav(vector<int> window, int size, vector<float> probabilityProfile) {
326         try {
327                 vector<float>  averages; 
328                                 
329                 //for each window find average
330                 for (int m = 0; m < window.size(); m++) {
331                                 
332                         float average = 0.0;
333                                 
334                         //while you are in the window for this sequence
335                         int count = 0;
336                         for (int j = window[m]; j < (window[m]+size); j++) {   
337                                 average += probabilityProfile[j];
338                                 count++;
339                         }
340                                 
341                         average = average / count;
342         
343                         //save this windows average
344                         averages.push_back(average);
345                 }
346                                 
347                 return averages;
348         }
349         catch(exception& e) {
350                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "findQav");
351                 exit(1);
352         }
353 }
354 //********************************************************************************************************************
355 //sorts lowest to highest
356 inline bool compareQuanMembers(quanMember left, quanMember right){
357         return (left.score < right.score);      
358
359 //***************************************************************************************************************
360 //seqs have already been masked
361 vector< vector<quanMember> > DeCalculator::getQuantiles(vector<Sequence*> seqs, vector<int> windowSizesTemplate, int window, vector<float> probProfile, int increment, int start, int end, vector<float>& highestDE) {
362         try {
363                 vector< vector<quanMember> > quan; 
364                 
365                 //percentage of mismatched pairs 1 to 100
366                 quan.resize(100);
367                 
368                 //for each sequence
369                 for(int i = start; i < end; i++){
370                 
371                         mothurOut("Processing template sequence " + toString(i)); mothurOutEndLine();
372                         Sequence* query = new Sequence(seqs[i]->getName(), seqs[i]->getAligned());
373                         
374                         //compare to every other sequence in template
375                         for(int j = 0; j < i; j++){
376                                 
377                                 Sequence* subject = new Sequence(seqs[j]->getName(), seqs[j]->getAligned());
378                                 
379                                 map<int, int> trim;
380                                 map<int, int>::iterator it;
381                                 
382                                 trimSeqs(query, subject, trim);
383                                 
384                                 it = trim.begin();
385                                 int front = it->first; int back = it->second;
386                                 
387                                 //reset window for each new comparison
388                                 windowSizesTemplate[i] = window;
389                                 
390                                 vector<int> win = findWindows(query, front, back, windowSizesTemplate[i], increment);
391                                 
392                                 vector<float> obsi = calcObserved(query, subject, win, windowSizesTemplate[i]);
393                                 
394                                 vector<float> q = findQav(win, windowSizesTemplate[i], probProfile);
395                                                                         
396                                 float alpha = getCoef(obsi, q);
397                                                 
398                                 vector<float> exp = calcExpected(q, alpha);
399                                 
400                                 float de = calcDE(obsi, exp);
401                                                                 
402                                 float dist = calcDist(query, subject, front, back); 
403                                 
404                                 dist = ceil(dist);
405                                 
406                                 quanMember newScore(de, i, j);
407                                 
408                                 //dist-1 because vector indexes start at 0.
409                                 quan[dist-1].push_back(newScore);
410                                 
411                                 //save highestDE
412                                 if(de > highestDE[i]) { highestDE[i] = de;  }
413                                 if(de > highestDE[j]) { highestDE[j] = de;  }
414                                 
415                                 delete subject;
416                                 
417                         }
418                         
419                         delete query;
420                 }
421
422                 
423                 return quan;
424                                                 
425         }
426         catch(exception& e) {
427                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "findQav");
428                 exit(1);
429         }
430 }
431
432 //***************************************************************************************************************
433 vector< vector<float> > DeCalculator::removeObviousOutliers(vector< vector<quanMember> >& quantiles, int num) {
434         try {
435                 vector< vector<float> > quan; 
436                 quan.resize(100);
437         
438                 /*vector<quanMember> contributions;  
439                 vector<int> seen;  //seen[0] is the number of outliers that template seqs[0] was part of.
440                 seen.resize(num,0);
441                                 
442                 //find contributions
443                 for (int i = 0; i < quantiles.size(); i++) {
444                 
445                         //find mean of this quantile score
446                         sort(quantiles[i].begin(), quantiles[i].end(), compareQuanMembers);
447                         
448                         float high = quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.99)].score;
449                         float low =  quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.01)].score;
450                 
451                         //look at each value in quantiles to see if it is an outlier
452                         for (int j = 0; j < quantiles[i].size(); j++) {
453                                 
454                                 //is this score between 1 and 99%
455                                 if ((quantiles[i][j].score > low) && (quantiles[i][j].score < high)) {
456                                         
457                                 }else {
458                                         //add to contributions
459                                         contributions.push_back(quantiles[i][j]);
460                                         seen[quantiles[i][j].member1]++;
461                                         seen[quantiles[i][j].member2]++;
462                                 }
463                         }
464                 }
465
466                 //find contributer with most offending score related to it
467                 int largestContrib = findLargestContrib(seen);
468         
469                 //while you still have guys to eliminate
470                 while (contributions.size() > 0) {
471                 
472                         mothurOut("Removing scores contributed by sequence " + toString(largestContrib) + " in your template file."); mothurOutEndLine();
473                         
474                         //remove from quantiles all scores that were made using this largestContrib
475                         for (int i = 0; i < quantiles.size(); i++) {
476 //cout << "before remove " << quantiles[i].size() << '\t';
477                                 removeContrib(largestContrib, quantiles[i]);
478 //cout << "after remove " << quantiles[i].size() << endl;
479                         }
480 //cout << count << " largest contrib = " << largestContrib << endl;  count++;
481                         //remove from contributions all scores that were made using this largestContrib
482                         removeContrib(largestContrib, contributions);
483                         
484                         //"erase" largestContrib
485                         seen[largestContrib] = -1;
486                         
487                         //get next largestContrib
488                         largestContrib = findLargestContrib(seen);
489                 }
490                 */
491                 
492                 vector<int> marked = returnObviousOutliers(quantiles, num);
493                 vector<int> copyMarked = marked;
494                 
495                 //find the 99% of marked
496                 sort(copyMarked.begin(), copyMarked.end());
497                 int high = copyMarked[int(copyMarked.size() * 0.99)];
498 cout << "high = " << high << endl;              
499                 
500                 for(int i = 0; i < marked.size(); i++) {
501                         if (marked[i] > high) { 
502                                 mothurOut("Removing scores contributed by sequence " + toString(marked[i]) + " in your template file."); mothurOutEndLine();
503                                 for (int i = 0; i < quantiles.size(); i++) {
504                                         removeContrib(marked[i], quantiles[i]);
505                                 }
506                         }
507
508                 }
509                 
510                 
511                 //adjust quantiles
512                 for (int i = 0; i < quantiles.size(); i++) {
513                         vector<float> temp;
514                         
515                         if (quantiles[i].size() == 0) {
516                                 //in case this is not a distance found in your template files
517                                 for (int g = 0; g < 6; g++) {
518                                         temp.push_back(0.0);
519                                 }
520                         }else{
521                                 
522                                 sort(quantiles[i].begin(), quantiles[i].end(), compareQuanMembers);
523                                 
524                                 //save 10%
525                                 temp.push_back(quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.10)].score);
526                                 //save 25%
527                                 temp.push_back(quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.25)].score);
528                                 //save 50%
529                                 temp.push_back(quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.5)].score);
530                                 //save 75%
531                                 temp.push_back(quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.75)].score);
532                                 //save 95%
533                                 temp.push_back(quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.95)].score);
534                                 //save 99%
535                                 temp.push_back(quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.99)].score);
536                                 
537                         }
538                         
539                         quan[i] = temp;
540                         
541                 }
542
543                 return quan;
544         }
545         catch(exception& e) {
546                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "removeObviousOutliers");
547                 exit(1);
548         }
549 }
550 //***************************************************************************************************************
551 //follows Mallard algorythn in paper referenced from mallard class
552 vector<int> DeCalculator::returnObviousOutliers(vector< vector<quanMember> > quantiles, int num) {
553         try {
554                 vector< vector<float> > quan; 
555                 quan.resize(100);
556         
557                 map<quanMember*, float> contributions;  //map of quanMember to distance from high or low - how bad is it.
558                 vector<int> marked;  //marked[0] is the penalty of template seqs[0]. the higher the penalty the more likely the sequence is chimeric
559                 marked.resize(num,0);
560                                 
561                 //find contributions
562                 for (int i = 0; i < quantiles.size(); i++) {
563                 
564                         //find mean of this quantile score
565                         sort(quantiles[i].begin(), quantiles[i].end(), compareQuanMembers);
566                         
567                         float high = quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.99)].score;
568                         float low =  quantiles[i][int(quantiles[i].size() * 0.01)].score;
569                 
570                         //look at each value in quantiles to see if it is an outlier
571                         for (int j = 0; j < quantiles[i].size(); j++) {
572                                 
573                                 //is this score between 1 and 99%
574                                 if ((quantiles[i][j].score > low) && (quantiles[i][j].score < high)) {
575                                         
576                                 }else {
577                                         float dist;
578                                         //add to contributions
579                                         if (quantiles[i][j].score < low) {
580                                                 dist = low - quantiles[i][j].score;
581                                                 contributions[&(quantiles[i][j])] = dist;
582                                         }else { //you are higher than high
583                                                 dist = quantiles[i][j].score - high;
584                                                 contributions[&(quantiles[i][j])] = dist;
585                                         }
586                                 }
587                         }
588                 }
589
590                 //find contributer with most offending score related to it
591                 vector<quanMember> outliers = sortContrib(contributions);
592                 
593                 //go through the outliers marking the potential chimeras
594                 for (int i = 0; i < outliers.size(); i++) {
595                         
596                         //who is responsible for this outlying score?  
597                         //if member1 has greater score mark him
598                         //if member2 has greater score mark her
599                         //if they are the same mark both
600                         if (marked[outliers[i].member1] > marked[outliers[i].member2])                  {       marked[outliers[i].member1]++;  }
601                         else if (marked[outliers[i].member2] > marked[outliers[i].member1])             {       marked[outliers[i].member2]++;  }
602                         else if (marked[outliers[i].member2] == marked[outliers[i].member1])    {       marked[outliers[i].member2]++;  marked[outliers[i].member1]++;  }
603                 }
604                 
605                 return marked;
606         }
607         catch(exception& e) {
608                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "removeObviousOutliers");
609                 exit(1);
610         }
611 }
612 //***************************************************************************************************************
613 vector<quanMember> DeCalculator::sortContrib(map<quanMember*, float> quan) {
614         try{
615                 
616                 vector<quanMember> newQuan;
617                 map<quanMember*, float>::iterator it;
618                 
619                 while (quan.size() > 0) {
620                         
621                          map<quanMember*, float>::iterator largest = quan.begin(); 
622                           
623                         //find biggest member
624                         for (it = quan.begin(); it != quan.end(); it++) {
625                                 if (it->second > largest->second) {  largest = it;  }
626                         }
627                         
628                         //save it 
629                         newQuan.push_back(*(largest->first));
630                 
631                         //erase from quan
632                         quan.erase(largest);
633                 }
634                 
635                 return newQuan;
636                 
637         }
638         catch(exception& e) {
639                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "sortContrib");
640                 exit(1);
641         }
642 }
643
644 //***************************************************************************************************************
645 int DeCalculator::findLargestContrib(vector<int> seen) {
646         try{
647                 
648                 int largest = 0;
649                 
650                 int largestContribs;
651                 
652                 for (int i = 0; i < seen.size(); i++)  {  
653                         
654                         if (seen[i] > largest) {
655                                 largestContribs = i;
656                                 largest = seen[i];
657                         }
658                 }
659                 
660                 return largestContribs;
661                 
662         }
663         catch(exception& e) {
664                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "findLargestContribs");
665                 exit(1);
666         }
667 }
668 //***************************************************************************************************************
669 void DeCalculator::removeContrib(int bad, vector<quanMember>& quan) {
670         try{
671         
672                 vector<quanMember> newQuan;
673                 for (int i = 0; i < quan.size(); i++)  {  
674                         if ((quan[i].member1 != bad) && (quan[i].member2 != bad) ) {  
675                                 newQuan.push_back(quan[i]);  
676                         }
677                 }
678                 
679                 quan = newQuan;
680                 
681         }
682         catch(exception& e) {
683                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "removeContrib");
684                 exit(1);
685         }
686 }
687
688 //***************************************************************************************************************
689 float DeCalculator::findAverage(vector<float> myVector) {
690         try{
691                 
692                 float total = 0.0;
693                 for (int i = 0; i < myVector.size(); i++)  {  total += myVector[i];  }
694                 
695                 float average = total / (float) myVector.size();
696                 
697                 return average;
698                 
699         }
700         catch(exception& e) {
701                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "findAverage");
702                 exit(1);
703         }
704 }
705
706 //***************************************************************************************************************
707 float DeCalculator::getCoef(vector<float> obs, vector<float> qav) {
708         try {
709         
710                 //find average prob for this seqs windows
711                 float probAverage = findAverage(qav);
712                                 
713                 //find observed average 
714                 float obsAverage = findAverage(obs);
715                         
716                 float coef = obsAverage / probAverage;
717                                                 
718                 return coef;
719         }
720         catch(exception& e) {
721                 errorOut(e, "DeCalculator", "getCoef");
722                 exit(1);
723         }
724 }
725 //***************************************************************************************************************
726
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