An agent-based multilayer architecture for bioinformatics grids

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-148

  Bartocci, Ezio ^a   Cacciagrano, Diletta ^a   Cannata, Nicola ^a   Corradini, Flavio ^a   Merelli, Emanuela ^a   Milanesi, Luciano ^b   Romano, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyberinfrastructure for bioinformatics and systems biology; Grid; Resourceome; Software agents; Workflow management system (WMS)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

BIOINFORMATICS GRIDS; CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE; MULTILAYER ARCHITECTURE; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (WMS);

BIOINFORMATICS;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INTERNET; MARKUP LANGUAGE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEMANTICS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34249994864     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2007.897492     Document Type: Article

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