has participant has participant output of output of has specified data input has specified data output implements has format specification Image data item software CEL binary format PLIER (Probe Logarithmic Error Intensity Estimate) method RMA 'MAS5' Affymetrix Expression Console Nandini Badarinarayan Expression Console™ software supports probe set summarization and CHP file generation for 3' expression (e.g., GeneChip® Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array), gene-level (e.g., GeneChip® Human Gene 1.0 ST array) and exon-level arrays (e.g., GeneChip® Human Exon 1.0 ST Array). The Expression Console workflow provides the user with a choice of the more commonly used probe set summarization algorithms http://www.affymetrix.com/ CHP binary format software publishing process software development Affymetrix