TY - GEN
T1 - Semantics based operators for integrating heterogeneous biological data sources
AU - Ram, Sudha
AU - Wei,
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Advances in analytical techniques have drastically increased the amount of biological data available, which in turn has increased the difficulty and complexity of biological knowledge discovery. It is important to have mechanisms to take full advantage of the data not only for doing simple searches, but also for answering ad hoc and complex questions at the user's will by virtually connecting the heterogeneous data sources. In this paper we propose and formally define new operators that can be used for sequence comparison and alignment. Furthermore, cross-database operators can be developed based on work presented in this paper to dynamically link different types of databases. We believe this will liberate biological researchers from unproductive labor and allow them to focus on pattern seeking and interpretation of results.
AB - Advances in analytical techniques have drastically increased the amount of biological data available, which in turn has increased the difficulty and complexity of biological knowledge discovery. It is important to have mechanisms to take full advantage of the data not only for doing simple searches, but also for answering ad hoc and complex questions at the user's will by virtually connecting the heterogeneous data sources. In this paper we propose and formally define new operators that can be used for sequence comparison and alignment. Furthermore, cross-database operators can be developed based on work presented in this paper to dynamically link different types of databases. We believe this will liberate biological researchers from unproductive labor and allow them to focus on pattern seeking and interpretation of results.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSENG.2005.74
DO - 10.1109/ICSENG.2005.74
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33845938600
SN - 0769523595
SN - 9780769523590
T3 - Proceedings - 18th International Conference on Systems Engineering, IICSEng 2005
SP - 16
EP - 21
BT - 18th International Conference on Systems Engineering, ICSEng 2005
T2 - 18th International Conference on Systems Engineering, ICSEng 2005
Y2 - 16 August 2005 through 18 August 2005
ER -