Bernard De Baets

Publication List Details

Period

1992 - 2009

Number

457

Co-Authors

BioGateway: a semantic systems biology tool for the life sciences (2009)

Antezana, Erick, Blondé, Ward, Egaña, Mikel, Rutherford, Alistair, Stevens, Robert, De Baets, Bernard, ...

Abstract Background Life scientists need help in coping with the plethora of fast growing and scattered knowledge resources. Ideally, this knowledge should be integrated in a form that allows them to...

The Cell Cycle Ontology: an application ontology for the representation and integrated analysis of the cell cycle process (2009)

Antezana, Erick, Egaña, Mikel, Blondé, Ward, Illarramendi, Aitzol, Bilbao, Iñaki, De Baets, Bernard, ...

Abstract The Cell Cycle Ontology ( http://www.CellCycleOntology.org) is an application ontology that automatically captures and integrates detailed knowledge on the cell cycle process. Cell Cycle...

Differential inequality conditions for dominance between continuous Archimedean t-norms (2009)

Saminger-Platz, Susanne, De Baets, Bernard, De Meyer, Hans

Dominance between triangular norms (t-norms) is a versatile relationship. For continuous Archimedean t-norms, dominance can be verified by checking one of many sufficient conditions derived from a...

Uncertainty propagation in vegetation distribution models based on ensemble classifiers (2009)

Peters, Jan, Verhoest, Niko, Samson, Roeland, Van Meirvenne, Marc, Cockx, Liesbet, De Baets, Bernard

Ensemble learning techniques are increasingly applied for species and vegetation distribution modelling, often resulting in more accurate predictions. At the same time, uncertainty assessment of...

Evaluating the usefulness of dynamic pollutant fate models for implementing the EU Water Framework Directive (2009)

Gevaert, Veerle, Verdonck, Frederik, Benedetti, Lorenzo, De Keyser, Webbey, De Baets, Bernard

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) aims at achieving a good ecological and chemical status of surface waters in river basins by 2015. The chemical status is considered good if the...

Towards large-scale FAME-based bacterial species identification using machine learning techniques (2009)

Slabbinck, Bram, De Baets, Bernard, Dawyndt, Peter, De Vos, Paul

In the last decade, bacterial taxonomy witnessed a huge expansion. The swift pace of bacterial species (re-)definitions has a serious impact on the accuracy and completeness of first-line...

Analyzing text in search of bio-molecular events: a high-precision machine learning framework (2009)

Van Landeghem, Sofie, Saeys, Yvan, De Baets, Bernard, Van De Peer, Yves

The BioNLP'09 Shared Task on Event Extraction is a challenge which concerns the detection of bio-molecular events from text. In this paper, we present a detailed account of the challenges encountered...

Bayesian clustering of fuzzy feature vectors using a quasi-likelihood approach (2009)

Marttinen, Pekka, Tang, Jing, De Baets, Bernard, Dawyndt, Peter, Corander, Jukka

Bayesian model-based classifiers, both unsupervised and supervised, have been studied extensively, and their value and versatility have been demonstrated on a wide spectrum of applications within...

Optimal strategies for symmetric matrix games with partitions (2009)

De Schuymer, Bart, De Meyer, Hans, De Baets, Bernard

We introduce three variants of a symmetric matrix game corresponding to three ways of comparing two partitions of a fixed integer (sigma) into a fixed number (n) of parts, In the random variable...

The Cell Cycle Ontology: an application ontology for the representation and integrated analysis of the cell cycle process (2009)

Antezana San Roman, Erick Zimar, Egaña, Mikel, Blondé, Ward, Illaramendi, Aitzol, De Baets, Bernard, Stevens, Robert, ...

The Cell Cycle Ontology (http://www.CellCycleOntology.org) is an application ontology that automatically captures and integrates detailed knowledge on the cell cycle process. Cell Cycle Ontology is...

Inducing decision trees via concept lattices (2009)

Belohlavek, Radim, De Baets, Bernard, Outrata, Jan, Vychodil, Vilem

We present a novel method for the construction of decision trees. The method utilises concept lattices in that certain formal concepts of the concept lattice associated to input data are used as...

Divisible, reciprocal automorphisms of the unit interval (2009)

Maes, Koen, De Baets, Bernard

The Cauchy equation for automorphisms of the unit interval is fulfilled only by the identity mapping. We consider two weakened forms of this Cauchy equation: the reciprocity equation and the...

Idempotent uninorms on finite ordinal scales (2009)

De Baets, Bernard, Fodor, Janos, Ruiz-Aguilera, Daniel, Torrens, Joan

In this paper we characterize all idempotent uninorms defined on a finite ordinal scale. It is proved that any such discrete idempotent uninorm is uniquely determined by a decreasing function from...

Error in radar-derived soil moisture due to roughness parameterization : an analysis based on synthetical surface profiles (2009)

Lievens, Hans, Vernieuwe, Hilde, Alvarez-Mozos, Jesus, De Baets, Bernard, Verhoest, Niko

In the past decades, many studies on soil moisture retrieval from SAR demonstrated a poor correlation between the top layer soil moisture content and observed backscatter coefficients, which mainly...

Automatic numerical solver selection from a repository of pre-run simulations (2009)

Claeys, Petra, Vanrolleghem, Peter A, De Baets, Bernard

Numerical solver uncertainty is high when the solutions of the differential equations of a model, computed with different numerical solvers, deviate from each other. Numerical solver uncertainty is a...

Marker-based estimation of the coefficient of coancestry in hybrid breeding programmes (2009)

Maenhout, Steven, De Baets, Bernard, Haesaert, Geert

Molecular markers allow to estimate the pairwise relatedness between the members of a breeding pool when their selection history is no longer available or has become too complex for a classical...

Kernel-based learning methods for preference aggregation (2009)

Waegeman, Willem, De Baets, Bernard, Boullart, Luc

The mathematical representation of human preferences has been a subject of study for researchers in different fields. In multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) and fuzzy modeling, preference models...

The quest for rings on bipolar scales (2008)

Grabisch, Michel, De Baets, Bernard, Fodor, Janos

We consider the interval $]{-1},1[$ and intend to endow it with an algebraic structure like a ring. The motivation lies in decision making, where scales that are symmetric w.r.t. 0 are needed in...

A hitchhiker's guide to poset ranking (2008)

De Loof, Karel, De Baets, Bernard, De Meyer, Hans, Bruggeman, Rainer

When ranking objects (like chemicals, geographical sites, river sections, etc.) by multicriteria analysis, it is in most cases controversial and difficult to find a common scale among the criteria of...

New operations for informative combination of two partial order relations with illustrations on pollution data (2008)

Rademaker, Michaël, De Baets, Bernard, De Meyer, Hans

We discuss various ways in which to construct and process partial order relations or partially ordered sets (posets) in the context of ranking objects on the basis of multiple criteria. Oftentimes,...

The omnipresence of cycle-transitivity in the comparison of random variables (2008)

De Baets, Bernard, De Meyer, Hans, De Loof, Karel

In this paper, the transitivity properties of reciprocal relations, also called probabilistic relations, are investigated within the framework of cycle-transitivity. Interesting types of transitivity...

Extracting protein-protein interactions from text using rich feature vectors and feature selection (2008)

Van Landeghem, Sofie, Saeys, Yvan, De Baets, Bernard, Van De Peer, Yves

Because of the intrinsic complexity of natural language, automatically extracting accurate information from text remains a challenge. We have applied rich featurevectors derived from dependency...

Unravelling the output uncertainty of a tree water flow and storage model using several global sensitivity analysis methods (2008)

De Pauw, Dirk, Steppe, Kathy, De Baets, Bernard

The output uncertainty of two variables (stem sap flow rate and stem diameter variations) of a tree water flow and storage model is broken down into its different constituents using two global...

A probabilistic framework for the design of instance-based supervised ranking algorithms in an ordinal setting (2008)

Lievens, Stijn, De Baets, Bernard, Cao-Van, Kim

In this article, we present a probabilistic framework which serves as the base from which instance-based algorithms for solving the supervised ranking problem may be derived. This framework...

Effect of lactation stage on the odd- and branched-chain milk fatty acids of dairy cattle under grazing and indoor conditions (2008)

Craninx, M, Steen, Alexander, Van Laar, H, Van Nespen, T, Martín-Tereso, J, De Baets, Bernard, ...

The pattern of odd- and branched-chain fatty acids (OBCFA) in milk fat reflects rumen microbial activity and proportions of different rumen microbial groups. Therefore, these milk fatty acids (FA)...

Characterizing trees in concept lattices (2008)

Belohlavek, Radim, De Baets, Bernard, Outrata, Jan, Vychodil, Vilem

Concept lattices are systems of conceptual clusters, called formal concepts, which are partially ordered by the sub concept/superconcept relationship. Concept lattices are basic structures used in...

ONTO-PERL: An API for supporting the development and analysis of bio-ontologies (2008)

Antezana, Eric, Egaña, Mikel, De Baets, Bernard, Kuiper, Martin, Mironov, Vladimir

Motivation: Many biomedical ontologies use OBO or OWL as knowledge representation language. The rapid increase of such ontologies calls for adequate tools to facilitate their use. In particular,...

Entropy-based fuzzy set optimisation for reducing ecological modelling complexity (2008)

Mouton, Ans, De Baets, Bernard, Peter, A, Holzer, G, Müller, R, Goethals, Peter

In recent years, fuzzy logic has been acknowledged as a suitable approach for species distribution modelling due to its transparency and its ability to incorporate the ecological gradient theory....

Advances in the geometrical study of rotation-invariant t-norms (2007)

Maes, Koen, De Baets, Bernard

T-norm properties for left-continuous, increasing [0, 1](2)-> [0, 1.] functions can be fully described in terms of contour lines. For a left-continuous t-norm T, the rotation-invariance property...

SpliceMachine: predicting splice sites from high-dimensional local context representations (2005)

Degroeve, Sven, Saeys, Yvan, De Baets, Bernard, Rouzé, Pierre, Van De Peer, Yves

Motivation: In this age of complete genome sequencing, finding the location and structure of genes is crucial for further molecular research. The accurate prediction of intron boundaries largely...

The quest for rings on bipolar scales (2004)

Grabisch, Michel, De Baets, Bernard, Fodor, Janos

We consider the interval $]{-1},1[$ and intend to endow it with an algebraic structure like a ring. The motivation lies in decision making, where scales that are symmetric w.r.t.~$0$ are needed in...

The quest for rings on bipolar scales (2004)

Grabisch, Michel, De Baets, Bernard, Fodor, Janos

We consider the interval $]{-1},1[$ and intend to endow it with an algebraic structure like a ring. The motivation lies in decision making, where scales that are symmetric w.r.t.~$0$ are needed in...

SpliceMachine: predicting splice sites from high-dimensional local context representations (2004)

Degroeve, Sven, Saeys, Yvan, De Baets, Bernard, Rouzé, Pierre, Van De Peer, Yves

Motivation: In this age of complete genome sequencing, finding the location and structure of genes is crucial for further molecular research. The accurate prediction of intron boundaries largely...

SpliceMachine: predicting splice sites from high-dimensional local context representations (2004)

Degroeve, Sven, Saeys, Yvan, De Baets, Bernard, Rouzé, Pierre, Van De Peer, Yves

Motivation: In this age of complete genome sequencing, finding the location and structure of genes is crucial for further molecular research. The accurate prediction of intron boundaries largely...

Feature subset selection for splice site prediction (2002)

Degroeve, Sven, De Baets, Bernard, Van De Peer, Yves, Rouzé, Pierre

Motivation: The large amount of available annotated Arabidopsis thaliana sequences allows the induction of splice site prediction models with supervised learning algorithms (see Haussler (1998) for a...

Weighted sums of aggregation operators (1999)

Calvo Sánchez, Tomasa, De Baets, Bernard, Mesiar, Radko

he aim of this work is to investigate when a weighted sum, or in other words, a linear combination, of two or more aggregation operators leads to a new aggregation operator. For weights belonging to...

Weighted sums of aggregation operators (1999)

Calvo Sánchez, Tomasa, De Baets, Bernard, Mesiar, Radko

he aim of this work is to investigate when a weighted sum, or in other words, a linear combination, of two or more aggregation operators leads to a new aggregation operator. For weights belonging to...

Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features

Derelle, Evelyne, Ferraz, Conchita, Rombauts, Stephane, Rouzé, Pierre, Worden, Alexandra Z., Robbens, Steven, ...

The green lineage is reportedly 1,500 million years old, evolving shortly after the endosymbiosis event that gave rise to early photosynthetic eukaryotes. In this study, we unveil the complete genome...

On the scalability of ordered multi-class ROC analysis

Waegeman, Willem, De Baets, Bernard, Boullart, Luc

Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis provides a way to select possibly optimal models for discriminating two kinds of objects without the need of specifying the cost or class...

Increasing environmental sustainability by incorporating stakeholders' intensities of preferences into the policy formation

Zendehdel, Kamran, Rademaker, Michael, De Baets, Bernard, Van Huylenbroeck, Guido

In this paper a tractable methodology is presented to improve environmental sustainability by incorporating stakeholders€٠intensities of preferences into the decision making process. The...

Qualitative valuation of environmental criteria through a group consensus based on stochastic dominance

Zendehdel, Kamran, Rademaker, Michael, De Baets, Bernard, Van Huylenbroeck, Guido

This paper introduces a qualitative valuation method to elicit stakeholders' intensities of preferences for a complex environmental issue and multiple social groups. Environmental valuation studies...