Computational Cancer Biology An Interaction Network Approach /

• Main Author: Vidyasagar, Mathukumalli (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Cancer research.; Bioinformatics.; Systems biology.; Biomathematics.; Statistics.; Control engineering.; Computer Science.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.; Control.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Systems Biology.; Cancer Research.

This brief introduces readers to various problems in cancer biology that are amenable to analysis using methods of probability theory and statistics, building on only a basic background in these two topics.   Aside from providing a self-contained introduction to several aspects of basic biology and...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Inferring Genetic Regulatory Networks
• Context-specific Genomic Networks
• Analyzing Statistical Significance
• Separating Drivers from Passengers
• Some Research Directions.