Gsea Algorithm

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Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) is a computational method that determines whether an a priori defined set of genes shows statistically significant, concordant differences between two biological states (e.g. phenotypes).

The algorithm is described in the following paper and supplementary information:

Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles.
Subramanian, A., Tamayo, P., Mootha, V. K., Mukherjee, S., Ebert, B. L., Gillette, M. A., Paulovich, A., Pomeroy, S. L., Golub, T. R., Lander, E. S. & Mesirov, J. P.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2005) 102:15545-50. PDF

Supplementary Information for
Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles.pdf

Examples from the GSEA paper are provided here.