Prediction of neural tube defect using support vector machine

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-172

  Wang, Jin Feng ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Liao, Yi Lan ^a   Chen, Hong Yan ^b   Li, Wan Xin ^b   Zheng, Xiao Ying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

NTD; Prediction; Small sample; SVM

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956604635     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(10)60048-7     Document Type: Article

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