Feature selection for the imbalanced QSAR problems by using easyensemble

International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-346

  Liu, Tian Yu ^a   Li, Guo Zheng ^b   Yang, Jack Y ^c   Qu Yang, Mary ^d  

^a SHANGHAI DIANJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

easyensemble; feature selection; imbalanced problem; QSAR; quantitative structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG DESIGN; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; DRUG DESIGN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71249126927     PISSN: 17560756     EISSN: 17560764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCBDD.2008.022206     Document Type: Article

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