Comparing bioinformatics software development by computer scientists and biologists: An exploratory study

Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering, SECSE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 72-79

  Chilana, Parmit K ^a   Palmer, Carole L ^b   Ko, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS SOFTWARE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SCIENTISTS; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; END USERS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INFORMATION SEEKING; ON-LINE INFORMATION; PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 70349912088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SECSE.2009.5069165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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