\name{masigpro.edesign}
\alias{masigpro.edesign}
\title{The function creates an edesign object needed to run maSigPro}
\description{
 The function creates an edesign object needed to run maSigPro. To know more about edesign object 
 see maSigPro help. 
 This function uses a specific configuration of Target column of the affylmGUI target file.
 To know more about target file see affylmGUI help.
 Each row of the column named Target, in the affylmGUI target file, describes the array on the basis
 of the experimental design.
 Each element needed for the construction of edesign is separated from the others by an underscore. 
 The first three elements of the row are fixed and represent Time Replicate Control all separated by an underscore:
    \code{Time_Replicate_Control}.
 All the other elements refer to various experimental conditions.
 Considering two different conditions to be evaluated each row is made of 5 elements:
 \code{Time_Replicate_Control_cond1_cond2} all separated by an underscore.
 Having an experiment made of 9 arrays, with two time points, 0h and 24h, in triplicate, and two different
 experimental conditions to be
 evaluated, the affylmGUI target file will look like:
 \tabular{lll}{
 Name \tab	FileName \tab	Target \cr
 mC1  \tab	M1.CEL	\tab \code{0_1_1_0_0} \cr
 mC2  \tab	M4.CEL	\tab \code{0_1_1_0_0} \cr
 mC3  \tab	M7.CEL	\tab \code{0_1_1_0_0} \cr
 mE1  \tab	M3.CEL	\tab \code{24_2_0_1_0} \cr
 mE2  \tab	M6.CEL	\tab \code{24_2_0_1_0} \cr
 mE3  \tab	M9.CEL	\tab \code{24_2_0_1_0} \cr
 mI1  \tab	M2.CEL	\tab \code{24_3_0_0_1} \cr
 mI2  \tab	M5.CEL	\tab \code{24_3_0_0_1} \cr
 mI3  \tab	M8.CEL	\tab \code{24_3_0_0_1}
 } 
}
\usage{masigpro.edesign()}
\author{Raffaele A Calogero}
\seealso{masigpro, masigpro.view}
\keyword{utilities}