Partitional Clustering of Protein Sequences - An Inductive Logic Programming Approach

Nuno A. Fonseca, Vítor Santos Costa, Rui Camacho, Cristina Vieira and Jorge Vieira

June 2009

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Abstract

We present a novel approach to cluster sets of protein sequences, based on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP). Preliminary results show that the method proposed produces understandable descriptions/explanations of the clusters. Furthermore, it can be used as a knowledge elicitation tool to explain clusters proposed by other clustering approaches, such as standard phylogenetic programs.

Bibtex

@InProceedings{conceicao-sac08,
  author =    {N. A. Fonseca and V. Santos Costa and R. Camacho and C. Vieira and J. Vieira},
  title =     {{Partitional Clustering of Protein Sequences - An Inductive Logic Programming Approach}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (IWANN 2009) - Part II},
  pages =     {1001--1004},
  number =    {5518},
  series =    {LNCS},
  publisher = {Springer},
  editor =    {S. Omatu and M. Rocha and J. Bravo and F. F. Riverola and E. Corchado and A. Bustillo and J. M. Corchado},
  month =     {June},
  year =      {2009},
  address =   {Salamanca, Spain},
}

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