A comparison of feature selection and classification methods in DNA methylation studies using the Illumina Infinium platform

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zhuang, Joanna ^a,b   Widschwendter, Martin ^b   Teschendorff, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beadarrays; Classification; DNA methylation; Feature selection

Indexed keywords

BEADARRAYS; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION; DNA METHYLATION; FEATURE SELECTION AND CLASSIFICATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT TECHNOLOGIES; NON-NEGATIVE MATRIX FACTORISATION;

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; FACTORIZATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL TESTS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TISSUE;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

ALGORITHMS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EID: 84859931424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-59     Document Type: Article

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