The Use of Data Mining in Pharmic Quality Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicines

We present in this paper our works on applying data mining techniques to research on traditional Chinese medicines. This is aim to unveil the underlying associations between chemical ingredients of traditional Chinese medicines and their pharmic qualities which are of vital importance in both research and practice. Various data mining approaches have been evaluated, as well as different performance improvement techniques, among which we identify the best for practice. Our results can help guide future researches on traditional Chinese medicines, particularly in the development of new medicines.