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Third IEEE Symposium on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE'03)
Combining Few Neural Networks for Effective Secondary Structure Prediction
Bethesda, Maryland
March 10-March 12
ISBN: 0-7695-1907-5

The prediction of secondary structure is treated with a simple and efficient method. Combining only three neural networks, an average Q3 accuracy prediction by residues of 75.93% is achieved. This value is better than the best result reported on the same test and training database, CB396, using the same validation method. For a second database, RS126, an average Q3 accuracy of 74.13% is attained, which is better than each individual method, being defeated only by CONSENSUS, a rather intrincate engine, which is a combination of several methods.

The networks are trained with RPROP, an efficient variation of the back-propagation algorithm. Five combination rules are applied independently afterwards. Each one increases the accuracy of prediction by at least 1%, due to the fact that each network used converges to a different local minimum. The Product rule derives the best results.

Citation:
Katia S. Guimar˜es, Jeane C. B. Melo, George D. C. Cavalcanti, "Combining Few Neural Networks for Effective Secondary Structure Prediction," bibe, pp.415, Third IEEE Symposium on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE'03), 2003
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