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ArticleBMC genomics2010

Ensemble approach combining multiple methods improves human transcription start site prediction.

David G Dineen, Markus Schröder, Desmond G Higgins, Pádraig Cunningham

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Article in BMC genomics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

David G DineenComplex and Adaptive Systems Laboratory (CASL), University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. david.dineen@ucd.ie
Markus Schröder
Desmond G Higgins
Pádraig Cunningham
University College Dublin · IEBielefeld University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe computational prediction of transcription start sites is an important unsolved problem. Some recent progress has been made, but many promoters, particularly those not associated with CpG islands, are still difficult to locate using current methods. These methods use different features and training sets, along with a variety of machine learning techniques and result in different prediction sets.

resultsWe demonstrate the heterogeneity of current prediction sets, and take advantage of this heterogeneity to construct a two-level classifier ('Profisi Ensemble') using predictions from 7 programs, along with 2 other data sources. Support vector machines using 'full' and 'reduced' data sets are combined in an either/or approach. We achieve a 14% increase in performance over the current state-of-the-art, as benchmarked by a third-party tool.

conclusionsSupervised learning methods are a useful way to combine predictions from diverse sources.

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SoftwareTranscription Initiation SiteBase PairingComputational BiologyGenome, HumanHumansPrincipal Component AnalysisPromoter Regions, Genetic

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