NBC – Naive Bayes Classification tool

NBC

:: DESCRIPTION

NBC uses a method similar to that used in many email spam filters to score a genetic sample against different genomes, to possibly identify the closest match.

Advertisement

::DEVELOPER

Drexel’s EESI Lab.

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Linux

:: DOWNLOAD

 NBC

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

NBC: the Naive Bayes Classification tool webserver for taxonomic classification of metagenomic reads.
Rosen GL, Reichenberger ER, Rosenfeld AM.
Bioinformatics. 2011 Jan 1;27(1):127-9. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq619.

NBC update: The addition of viral and fungal databases to the Naïve Bayes classification tool.
Rosen GL, Lim TY.
BMC Res Notes. 2012 Jan 31;5:81. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-81.