What is CASPER?
CASPER (Context-Aware Scheme for Paired-End Read) is state-of-the art merging tool in terms of accuracy and robustness. Using this sophisticated merging method, we could get elongated reads from the forward and reverse reads.
Merging

Main Algorithm
CASPER uses quality scores and k-mer frequency for merging.When the difference between the quality scores of mismathcing base is significant, CASPER relies on the quality scores for correction. If not, CASPER instead examines k-mer-based contexts around the mismatch and makes a statistical decision.
Release History
version 0.8.2 (October, 2015)
- fixs parallel processing bugs
- needs jellyfish version 2.2.3 or higher
- download : Source File
version 0.8.0 (March, 2014)
- The first release of CASPER in public
- Only targeted on amplicon sequencing
- download : Source File