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Bioinformatics

Problem Solving Paradigms

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Volker Sperschneider

    1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

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  • Algorithmic pearls of bioinformatics

  • Strong emphasis on general methods for constructing and explaining complex algorithms

  • With numerous illustrations and exercises with fully worked out solutions

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Core Bioinformatics Problems

    Pages 1-24

  3. Turning to Algorithmic Problems

    Pages 25-60

  4. Dynamic Programming

    Pages 61-95

  5. Intelligent Data Structures

    Pages 97-166

  6. NP-Hardness of Core Bioinformatics Problems

    Pages 167-216

  7. Approximation Algorithms

    Pages 217-248

  8. A Selection of Metaheuristics and Various Projects

    Pages 249-277

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 279-289
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About this book

What is this book good for? Imagine you are a computer scientist working in the bioinformatics area. P- bably you will be a member of a highly interdisciplinary team consisting of biologists, chemists, mathematicians, computer scientists ranging from p- grammers to algorithm engineers, and eventually people from various further ?elds. A major problem within such interdisciplinary teams is always to ?nd some common language, and, for each member of some discipline, to have profound knowledge of what are the notions, basic concepts and goals of the other participating disciplines, as well as of what they can contribute to the solutionofonesownproblems. Thisdoes,ofcourse,notmeanthatacomputer scientist should do the job of the biologist. Nevertheless, a computer scientist should be able to understand what a biologist deals with. On the other hand, the biologist should not do the computer scientists job, but should know what computer science and algorithm engineering might contribute to the solution of her/his problems, and also how problems should be stated in order for the computer scientist to understand them. This book primarily aims to show the potential that algorithm engin- ring o?ers for the solution of core bioinformatics problems.

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"Computer science (CS) and molecular biology meet in the bioinformatics field. … this book presents a CS perspective of the problems involved and considers some of the fundamental data structures and algorithms required for solving them. … This book is appropriate for biologists who seek an overview of ways in which a computer scientist might approach the problems involved." (Jeffrey Putnam, ACM Computing Reviews, May, 2009)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Volker Sperschneider

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bioinformatics

  • Book Subtitle: Problem Solving Paradigms

  • Authors: Volker Sperschneider

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78506-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-78505-7Published: 14 August 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09726-3Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-78506-4Published: 20 June 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 290

  • Number of Illustrations: 208 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

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