# Quikr # This is the homepage for quikr. ## What is Quikr ## Quikr is a QUadratic, Iterative, K-mer based Reconstruction technique that utilizes sparsity promoting ideas from the field of compressed sensing to reconstruct the composition of a bacterial community (when the input data is 454-like pyrosequencing data). This extremely fast method comes with a default training database but can be custom trained. Typically reconstruction is accurate down to the genus level. ## How Do I Install Quikr ## Please read the directions on the [installation page](install.html). ## How Do I use Quikr ## We have several ways to use quikr. There is a python module, command line scripts, and matlab scripts. + [Matlab documentation](matlab.html) + [Python documentation](python.html) + [Command Line Utilities](cli.html) ## Contributors ## + David Koslicki + Simon Foucart + Gail Rosen + Calvin Morrison + Jean-Luc Bouchot