Developing a protocol for bioinformatics analysis: An integrated information behavior and task analysis approach

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 469-482

  Bartlett, Joan C ^a   Toms, Elaine G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GENES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

BIOINFORMATICS ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; TASK ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 15944415121     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20136     Document Type: Review

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