About the Authors

Wensheng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Andrea Edwards

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Wei Fan

Affiliation IBM T. J. Watson Research, Hawthorne, New York, United States of America

Erik K. Flemington

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center and Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Kun Zhang

kzhang@xula.edu

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

Although Dr. Wei Fan is affiliated with IBM T.J. Watson Research, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WZ KZ. Performed the experiments: WZ. Analyzed the data: WZ KZ. Wrote the paper: WZ KZ. Helped with the experimental design and justification, provided editorial comments, and participated in manuscript and figure preparation: AE WF EKF.