Classification of information fusion methods in systems biology

Jane Synnergren1, Björn Olsson, Jonas Gamalielsson

  • 1Systems Biology Research Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden. jane.synnergren@his.se

In Silico Biology
|October 3, 2009
PubMed

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