A robust approach based on Weibull distribution for clustering gene expression data

Algorithms for Molecular Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Huakun ^a,b   Wang, Zhenzhen ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Gong, Binsheng ^a   Feng, Lixin ^b   Zhou, Ying ^b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 79957580563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7188-6-14     Document Type: Article

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