Computational Molecular Biology

Rolf Backofen Peter Clote

ISBN 10: 0471872512 / ISBN 13: 9780471872511

Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2000

About this Item

pp. 300 1st Edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computational Molecular Biology
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471872512
• ISBN 13: 9780471872511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Recently molecular biology has undergone unprecedented development generating vast quantities of data needing sophisticated computational methods for analysis, processing and archiving. This requirement has given birth to the truly interdisciplinary field of computational biology, or bioinformatics, a subject reliant on both theoretical and practical contributions from statistics, mathematics, computer science and biology.

* Provides the background mathematics required to understand why certain algorithms work
* Guides the reader through probability theory, entropy and combinatorial optimization
* In-depth coverage of molecular biology and protein structure prediction
* Includes several less familiar algorithms such as DNA segmentation, quartet puzzling and DNA strand separation prediction
* Includes class tested exercises useful for self-study
* Source code of programs available on a Web site

Primarily aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students from bioinformatics, computer science, statistics, mathematics and the biological sciences, this text will also interest researchers from these fields.

About the Author

Peter Clote and Rolf Backofen are the authors of Computational Molecular Biology: An Introduction, published by Wiley.