Partitional Clustering of Protein Sequences - An Inductive Logic Programming Ap...

• Author(s): Nuno A. Fonseca ; Vítor Santos Costa ; Rui Camacho ; Cristina Vieira ; Jorge Vieira
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10216/67146
• Origin: Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
• Subject(s): Ciências Físicas; Ciência de computadores, Ciências Naturais; Ciências biológicas
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

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.