Simultaneous feature selection and parameter optimisation using an artificial ant colony: Case study of melting point prediction

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  O'Boyle, Noel M ^a,b   Palmer, David S ^a,c   Nigsch, Florian ^a   Mitchell, John Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 57649213892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-2-21     Document Type: Article

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