Bioinformatics Intelligent algorithms and their applications

Author: Wang Jifei
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: As one of the volumes in the "Modern Biotechnology Series," this book aims to provide an accessible introductory guide 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 development in recent years. Currently, bioinformaticians often rely on their respective knowledge backgrounds and preferred mathematical methods, employing specialized tools like "the sharp knife carving an ox," ranging from elementary to advanced mathematics—each demonstrating their unique "eighteen kinds of martial arts." This book takes a unique approach, introducing algorithms such as the hidden Markov model, neural networks, genetic algorithms, simulated annealing algorithms, and Bayesian networks as the main thread of intelligent algorithms. It emphasizes the application of these algorithms in bioinformatics research, striving to explore feasible paths to decode the mysteries of life. The various algorithms and bioinformatics topics introduced in the book are based on the author's years of practical research, with related papers 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.