Automation of in-silico data analysis processes through workflow management systems

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-68

  Romano, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automation of retrieval and analysis processes; Biological data integration; Ontologies; Web services; Workflow management systems; XML

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DATA EXTRACTION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGY; DATA BASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 38049150833     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbm056     Document Type: Review

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