A comparison of univariate and multivariate gene selection techniques for classification of cancer datasets

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gene selection is an important step when building predictors of disease state based on gene expression data. Gene selection generally improves performance and identifies a relevant subset of genes. Many univariate and multivariate ge...

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Main Authors: van't Veer Laura J, Reinders Marcel JT, Lai Carmen, Wessels Lodewyk FA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-05-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/7/235