An ensemble model of QSAR tools for regulatory risk assessment

Journal of Cheminformatics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Pradeep, Prachi ^a   Povinelli, Richard J ^b   White, Shannon ^d   Merrill, Stephen J ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational toxicology; Ensemble models; Hybrid QSAR models; In silico QSAR tools; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994893887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13321-016-0164-0     Document Type: Article

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