Uncertainty in QSAR predictions

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-125

  Sahlin, Ullrika ^a,b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Applicability domain; Knowledge based uncertainty; Probabilistic risk assessment; Regression; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84877123509     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119291304100111     Document Type: Article

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