SpiecEasi

SpiecEasi estimates networks from the precision matrix of compositional microbial abundance data.

Key Features:

• Sparse Inverse Covariance Estimation: Implements sparse inverse covariance estimation for ecological statistical inference.
• Compositional Data Handling: Accounts for the compositional nature of microbial abundance data in network inference.

Scientific Applications:

• Microbial Network Inference: Reconstructs association networks from microbial abundance data.
• Ecological Statistical Inference: Enables statistical inference of ecological relationships from compositional data.

Methodology:

Estimation of networks from the precision matrix of compositional microbial abundance data.