Problem Solving Handbook in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heath, Lenwood S. (Editor), Ramakrishnan, Naren (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2011.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Algorithms.; Bioinformatics.; Computer Science.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.

Bioinformatics is growing by leaps and bounds; theories/algorithms/statistical techniques are constantly evolving. Nevertheless, a core body of algorithmic ideas have emerged and researchers are beginning to adopt a "problem solving" approach to bioinformatics, wherein they use solutions t...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Pairwise Sequence Alignment
• Sequence and Sequence Alignment Statistics
• Practical Multiple Sequence Alignment
• Phylogenetic Trees from Sequences
• Phylogenetic Networks
• Modern BLAST Programs
• Stochastic Calculus and Stochastic Simulation
• Genomic Sequence Comparison
• Genome Rearrangements
• Population Genetics Data Analysis
• Genome Wide Association Studies
• Practical Implications of Coalescent Theory
• Networks in Computational Systems Biology
• Practical Use of the Gene Ontology
• Techniques for Protein Structure
• Microarray Experiment Statistics
• Reasoning with Protein Contact Maps
• Identifying Modules in Protein-Protein Interaction Networks
• Motifs for Transcriptional Regulation
• Time Course Analysis
• Computational Simulation of Biochemical Networks
• Biomedical Data Integration
• Functional Annotation and Discovery
• Matrix and Tensor Decompositions
• Text Processing and Mining
• Formal Logics
• Index.