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Mapping from Statistical to Biological Proximity
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Mapping from Statistical to Biological Proximity

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We verify whether the proximity claimed by state-of-the-art statistical similarity measures are indeed biologically appropriate or not. We present some analytical results on it.

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Bhattacharyya, M. Mapping from Statistical to Biological Proximity. Nat Prec (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2012.7122.1

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  • gene ontology
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