Ensemble learning method for the prediction of new bioactive molecules

Lateefat Temitope Afolabi, Faisal Saeed, Haslinda Hashim and Olutomilayo Olayemi Petinrin

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Pharmacologically active molecules can provide remedies for a range of different illnesses and infections. Therefore, the search for such bioactive molecules has been an enduring mission. As such, there is a need to employ a more suitable, reliable, and robust classification method for enhancing the prediction of the existence of new bioactive molecules. In this paper, we adopt a recently developed combination of different boosting methods (Adaboost) for the prediction of new bioactive molecules. We conducted the research experiments utilizing the widely used MDL Drug Data Report (MDDR) database. The proposed boosting method generated better results than other machine learning methods. This finding suggests that the method is suitable for inclusion among the in silico tools for use in cheminformatics, computational chemistry and molecular biology.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189538

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