Some challenges facing scientific software developers: The case of molecular biology

e-Science 2009 - 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 216-222

  Morris, Chris ^a   Segal, Judith ^b  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; FACINGS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77949836277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/e-Science.2009.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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