Bioinformatics Algorithms by Ion Mandoiu, Alexander Zelikovsk... - 9780470097731

Bioinformatics AlgorithmsTechniques and Applications\nAuthor(s): Ion Mandoiu, Alexander Zelikovsky, Yi Pan, Albert Y. Zomaya\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Wiley-Interscience\nISBN-13: 9780470097731, 978-0470097731\nSynopsis\nPresents algorithmic techniques for solving problems in bioinformatics, including applications that shed new light on molecular biology This book introduces algorithmic techniques in bioinformatics, emphasizing their application to solving novel problems in post-genomic molecular biology. Beginning with a thought-provoking discussion on the role of algorithms in twenty-first-century bioinformatics education, Bioinformatics Algorithms covers:\nGeneral algorithmic techniques, including dynamic programming, graph-theoretical methods, hidden Markov models, the fast Fourier transform, seeding, and approximation algorithms\nAlgorithms and tools for genome and sequence analysis, including formal and approximate models .