Bioinformatics -- Intelligent Algorithms and Their Applications

Author: Wang Yifei
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Publish Date: 2006-07-31
Features: As one of the volumes in the "Modern Biotechnology Series," this book aims to provide a practical introductory overview for students engaged in bioinformatics research. Bioinformatics is a young interdisciplinary field encompassing biology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, computer science, and more, and it has experienced rapid growth in recent years. Currently, bioinformatics researchers primarily rely on their respective knowledge backgrounds and preferred mathematical methods, employing specialized tools and techniques, from elementary to advanced mathematics, often described as "eighteen kinds of martial arts, each demonstrating their prowess." This book takes a unique approach, focusing on intelligent algorithms to introduce one by one methods such as Hidden Markov Models, neural networks, genetic algorithms, simulated annealing algorithms, and Bayesian networks. It emphasizes the application of these algorithms in bioinformatics research, striving to explore feasible paths to decipher the mysteries of life. The various algorithms and bioinformatics topics introduced in the book are based on the author's years of practical research, and related papers have been published in succession. Therefore, in a certain sense, this book is a compilation and summary of the author's long-term research work. Faculty and students in universities and research institutions in China who teach and study bioinformatics in the fields of biology and mathematics will find this book to be a practical textbook and a convenient reference.