Ontologies for Bioinformatics

Author: Kenneth Baclawski
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0262025914
Publisher: The MIT Press

Ontologies for Bioinformatics (Computational Molecular Biology)

Recent advances in biotechnology, spurred by the Human Genome Project, have resulted in the accumulation of vast amounts of new data.
format paperback language english publication year 22 10 2010 series computational biology subject mathematics sciences subject 2 science mathematics textbooks study guides title anatomy ontologies for bioinformatics principles and practice computational biology author albert burger publisher springer london publication date nov 01 2007 pages 344 binding paperback isbn 1849966664 subject computers bioinformatics brand new paperback all orders get full access to our online status tracking service
Ontologies -- computer-readable, precise formulations of concepts (and the relationship among them) in a given field -- are a critical framework for coping with the exponential growth of valuable biological data generated by high-output technologies. This book introduces the key concepts and applications of ontologies and ontology languages in bioinformatics and will be an essential guide for bioinformaticists, computer scientists, and life science researchers.The three parts of Ontologies for Bioinformatics ask, and answer, three pivotal questions: what ontologies are; how ontologies are used; and what ontologies co