An application of a theorem of Johnstone and Forrester to testing for familial aggregation

BioMedical Engineering and Informatics: New Development and the Future - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 773-777

  Fang, Yixin ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

INFORMATICS; PERMUTATION TESTING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 51649129814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BMEI.2008.349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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