Decoding Randomly Ordered DNA Arrays

Table 1.

Distribution and Use of 6561 Codes in the Three-State, Eight-Stage System


Type

Number

Purpose
Used valid codes 1520 Assigned to actual beads.
Unused valid codes 272 Detect rare two-stage errors.
Estimate the number of misclassification events.
Invalid codes 4769 Detect single stage errors.


Monitor overall decode process; useful for detecting occasional catastrophic failures.

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