title: Machaon CVE: cluster validation for gene expression data.
abstract: This paper presents a cluster validation tool for gene expression data. Machaon CVE (Clustering and Validation Environment) system aims to partition samples or genes into groups characterized by similar expression patterns, and to evaluate the quality of the clusters obtained.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The program is freely available for non-profit use on request at http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Nadia.Bolshakova/Machaon.html
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Nadia.Bolshakova/Machaon.html
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. Nadia.Bolshakova@cs.tcd.ie
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bolshakova
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azuaje
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003196:Computer Graphics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface