RNA secondary structure prediction using soft computing

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-17

  Ray, Shubhra Sankar ^a   Pal, Sankar K ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

combinatorial optimization; DNA; dynamic programming; fuzzy logic; genetic algorithms; machine learning; metaheuristics; neural networks; protein; RNA; soft computing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; DETERMINISTIC ALGORITHMS; ENERGY PARAMETERS; GENETIC DISEASE; META HEURISTICS; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE PREDICTION; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; DNA; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FORECASTING; FUZZY LOGIC; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); PROTEINS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SOFT COMPUTING; TABU SEARCH;

RNA;

RNA;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THERMODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84878303375     PISSN: 15455963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2012.159     Document Type: Review

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