Overtaking barriers between toxicologists and computers: The example of vega

Proceedings of the IADIS International Conferences - Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction 2013, IHCI 2013 and Game and Entertainment Technologies 2013, GET 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 268-272

  Benfenati, Emilio ^a   Raitano, Giuseppa ^a   Gini, Giuseppina ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Computer models; Regulatory use; Toxicity; Transparency; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABILITY; COMPUTER MODELS; INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PREDICTIVE MODELS; REGULATORY USE; TOXICITY PREDICTIONS; UNDERSTANDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; TOXICITY; TRANSPARENCY;

MODELS;

EID: 84886909414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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