Proteomic mass spectra classification using decision tree based ensemble methods
Motivation: Modern mass spectrometry allows the determination of proteomic fingerprints of body fluids like serum, saliva, or urine. These measurements can be used in many medical applications in order to diagnose the current state or predict the evolution of a disease. Recent developments in machine learning allow one to exploit such datasets, characterized by small numbers of very high-dimensional samples.
Results: We propose a systematic approach based on decision tree ensemble methods, which is used to automatically determine proteomic biomarkers and predictive models. The approach is validated on two datasets of surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time of flight measurements, for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases. The results suggest that the methodology can handle a broad class of similar problems.
Supplementary information: Additional tables and datasets may be found at http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geurts/Papers/Proteomic-suppl.html.
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@Article\{GDFMMMW05,
author = "Geurts, Pierre and deSeny, Dominique and Fillet, Marianne and Meuwis, Marie-Alice and Malaise, Michel and Merville, Marie-Paule and Wehenkel, Louis",
title = "Proteomic mass spectra classification using decision tree based ensemble methods",
journal = "Bioinformatics",
number = "14",
volume = "21",
pages = "3138--3145",
year = "2005",
keywords = "bioinformatics, machine learning",
url = "http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/services/stochastic/pubs/2005/GDFMMMW05"
}