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BMCBI
2006
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A simple method to combine multiple molecular biomarkers for dichotomous diagnostic classification
Background: In spite of the recognized diagnostic potential of biomarkers, the quest for squelching noise and wringing in information from a given set of biomarkers continues. Her...
Manju R. Mamtani, Tushar P. Thakre, Mrunal Y. Kalk...
IANDC
2008
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Generalizing the Paige-Tarjan algorithm by abstract interpretation
act Interpretation Francesco Ranzato and Francesco Tapparo Dipartimento di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, Universit`a di Padova, Italy The Paige and Tarjan algorithm (PT) for comp...
Francesco Ranzato, Francesco Tapparo
BMCBI
2006
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Towards a better solution to the shortest common supersequence problem: the deposition and reduction algorithm
Background: The problem of finding a Shortest Common Supersequence (SCS) of a set of sequences is an important problem with applications in many areas. It is a key problem in biol...
Kang Ning, Hon Wai Leong
BMCBI
2006
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Metric for Measuring the Effectiveness of Clustering of DNA Microarray Expression
Background: The recent advancement of microarray technology with lower noise and better affordability makes it possible to determine expression of several thousand genes simultane...
Raja Loganantharaj, Satish Cheepala, John Clifford
HEURISTICS
2008
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Accelerating autonomous learning by using heuristic selection of actions
This paper investigates how to make improved action selection for online policy learning in robotic scenarios using reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms. Since finding control po...
Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi, Carlos H. C. Ribeiro, Anna...
BMCBI
2006
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Recrafting the neighbor-joining method
Background: The neighbor-joining method by Saitou and Nei is a widely used method for constructing phylogenetic trees. The formulation of the method gives rise to a canonical (n3)...
Thomas Mailund, Gerth Stølting Brodal, Rolf...
GIS
2008
ACM
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An ACS cooperative learning approach for route finding in natural environment
This paper introduces an ant-based colony system for the representation of a verbal route description. It is grounded on a natural metaphor that mimics the behavior of ant colonie...
David Brosset, Christophe Claramunt, Eric Saux
BMCBI
2006
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Protein secondary structure prediction for a single-sequence using hidden semi-Markov models
Background: The accuracy of protein secondary structure prediction has been improving steadily towards the 88% estimated theoretical limit. There are two types of prediction algor...
Zafer Aydin, Yucel Altunbasak, Mark Borodovsky
FSS
2008
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A fuzzy k-partitions model for categorical data and its comparison to the GoM model
The grade of membership (GoM) model uses fuzzy sets as memberships of each individual to extreme profiles (or classes) on the likelihood function of multivariate multinomial distr...
Miin-Shen Yang, Yu-Hsuan Chiang, Chiu-Chi Chen, Ch...
BIOINFORMATICS
2006
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Joint estimation of calibration and expression for high-density oligonucleotide arrays
Motivation: The need for normalization in microarray experiments has been well documented in the literature. Currently, most analysis methods treat normalization and analysis as a...
Ann L. Oberg, Douglas W. Mahoney, Karla V. Ballman...