n-Gram-based classification and unsupervised hierarchical clustering of genome sequences

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-153

  Tomović, Andrija ^a   Janičić, Predrag ^b   Kešelj, Vlado ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification; Genome sequence; Hierarchical clustering; n Gram

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLASSIFICATION; GENOME SEQUENCES; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; N-GRAM;

GENES;

NUCLEOTIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 31344463462     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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