• DocumentCode
    3561876
  • Title

    Training finite state machines to improve PCR primer design

  • Author

    Ashlock, Dan ; Wittrock, Andrew ; Wen, Tsui-Jung

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    13
  • Lastpage
    18
  • Abstract
    We present preliminary results on training finite state machines (FSMs) as good/bad classifiers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers. Novel features of the work presented include hybridization of multiple populations of FSMs and an incremental fitness function. The system presented here is a post-production add-on to a standard primer picking program intended to compensate for organism and lab specific factors
  • Keywords
    DNA; biology computing; finite state machines; learning (artificial intelligence); pattern classification; DNA; PCR primers; finite state machines; genetic mapping; hybridization; pattern classification; polymerase chain reaction; training data; Annealing; Automata; Bioinformatics; Computer science; DNA; Genetics; Mathematics; Organisms; Polymers; Sequences;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Evolutionary Computation, 2002. CEC '02. Proceedings of the 2002 Congress on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7282-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CEC.2002.1006202
  • Filename
    1006202