Author

Jack Rogers

Date of Award

2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Natural Sciences

First Advisor

McDonald, Patrick

Keywords

Machine Learning, Neuroinformatics, Python

Area of Concentration

Natural Sciences

Abstract

Machine learning algorithms are often used on large biological data sets for the purposes of identifying biomarkers associated to disease which can be used as a diagnostic or prognostic tool. In this thesis, we demonstrate the classification accuracy of eight machine learning algorithms demonstrated on multiple schizophrenia and bipolar disorder related data sets. These algorithms include support vector machines, naive Bayes classifiers, and other clustering and regression techniques. All software used in the classification is open source to elucidate the potential of accessible and robust data mining software.

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