On representative and illustrative comparisons with real data in bioinformatics: Response to the letter to the editor by Smith et al.

Bioinformatics

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2664-2666

  Boulesteix, Anne Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84885639290     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btt458     Document Type: Letter

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