A comparative study of machine learning algorithms applied to predictive toxicology data mining

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Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Neagu, Daniel C ^a   Guo, Gongde ^a   Trundle, Paul R ^a   Cronin, Mark T D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Data mining; Feature selection; Predictive toxicology; Visual analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; MACHINE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 34247156695     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290703500119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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