Designing computing platform for BioGrid

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-13

  Yang, Chao Tung ^a   Kuo, Yu Lun ^a   Lai, Chuan Lin ^a  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BioGrid; Bioinformatics; Grid computing; Speedup

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROGRAM COMPILERS;

BIOGRID; BIOINFORMATICS; GRID COMPUTING; SPEEDUP;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 21244472717     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2005.006798     Document Type: Article

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