A distributed approach for a multiple sequence alignment algorithm using a parallel virtual machine

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 2843-2846

  Lopes, Heitor S ^a   Moritz, Guilherme L ^a  

^a CPGEI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS; MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL VIRTUAL MACHINES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33846940542     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1617066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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