Managing, Analysing, and Integrating Big Data in Medical Bioinformatics: Open Problems and Future Perspectives

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Merelli, Ivan ^a   Pérez Sánchez, Horacio ^b   Gesing, Sandra ^c   D'Agostino, Daniele ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL ONTOLOGY; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SECURITY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; SEMANTICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA MINING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATA MINING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84928555455     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/134023     Document Type: Article

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