Bioinformatics integration and agent technology

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-219

  Karasavvas, K A ^a   Baldock, R ^b   Burger, A ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent technology; Bioinformatics; System integration

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 2942605918     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2004.04.003     Document Type: Review

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