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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958841103321

Titolo

Catalyzing inquiry at the interface of computing and biology / / John C. Wooley and Herbert S. Lin, editors ; Committee on Frontiers at the Interface of Computing and Biology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

9786610286379

9780309164894

0309164893

9781280286377

1280286377

9780309549370

030954937X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (467 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WooleyJohn C

LinHerbert

Disciplina

570.285

Soggetti

Bioinformatics

Computational biology

Biology - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 21st Century Biology""; ""3 On the Nature of Biological Data""; ""4 Computational Tools""; ""5 Computational Modeling and Simulation as Enablers for Biological Discovery""; ""6 A Computational and Engineering View of Biology""; ""7 Cyber-infrastructure and Data Acquisition""; ""8 Biological Inspiration for Computing""; ""9 Illustrative Problem Domains at the Interface of Computing and Biology""; ""10 Culture and Research Infrastructure""

""11 Conclusions and Recommendations""""Appendixes""; ""A The Secrets of Life: A Mathematician's Introduction to Molecular Biology"";



""B Challenge Problems in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology from Other Reports""; ""C Biographies of Committee Members and Staff""; ""What Is CSTB?""