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2006
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Novel metaheuristic for parameter estimation in nonlinear dynamic biological systems
Background: We consider the problem of parameter estimation (model calibration) in nonlinear dynamic models of biological systems. Due to the frequent ill-conditioning and multi-m...
Maria Rodriguez-Fernandez, Jose A. Egea, Julio R. ...
BMCBI
2006
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Using the nucleotide substitution rate matrix to detect horizontal gene transfer
Background: Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has allowed bacteria to evolve many new capabilities. Because transferred genes perform many medically important functions, such as conf...
Micah Hamady, M. D. Betterton, Rob Knight
BMCBI
2006
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Machine learning techniques in disease forecasting: a case study on rice blast prediction
Background: Diverse modeling approaches viz. neural networks and multiple regression have been followed to date for disease prediction in plant populations. However, due to their ...
Rakesh Kaundal, Amar S. Kapoor, Gajendra P. S. Rag...
BMCBI
2006
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Protein disorder prediction by condensed PSSM considering propensity for order or disorder
Background: More and more disordered regions have been discovered in protein sequences, and many of them are found to be functionally significant. Previous studies reveal that dis...
Chung-Tsai Su, Chien-Yu Chen, Yu-Yen Ou
BMCBI
2006
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Genome-wide DNA polymorphism analyses using VariScan
Background: DNA sequence polymorphisms analysis can provide valuable information on the evolutionary forces shaping nucleotide variation, and provides an insight into the function...
Stephan Hutter, Albert J. Vilella, Julio Rozas