Information Processing and Living Systems
Information Processing and Living Systems (Advances in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology) (Series on Advances in Bioinformatics and Computational ... in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology)Vladimir B. Bajic (Editor), Tan Tin Wee (Editor)
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN: 1860945635 ISBN13: 9781860945632 DDC: 570.285 Edition: Hardcover; 2005-08-30
Summary:
Information processing and information flow occur in the course of anorganism's development and throughout its lifespan. Organisms do not
exist in isolation, but interact with each other constantly within a
complex ecosystem. The relationships between organisms, such as those
between prey or predator, host and parasite, and between mating
partners, are complex and multidimensional. In all cases, there is
constant communication and information flow at many levels. This book
focuses on information processing by life forms and the use of
information technology in understanding them. Readers are first given
a comprehensive overview of biocomputing before navigating the
complex terrain of natural processing of biological information using
physiological and analogous computing models. The remainder of the
book deals with artificial processing of biological information as a
human endeavor in order to derive new knowledge and gain insight into
life forms and their functioning. Specific innovative applications
and tools for biological discovery are provided as the link and
complement to biocomputing. Since artificial processing of biological
information is complementary to natural processing, a better
understanding of the former helps us improve the latter.
Consequently, readers are exposed to both domains and, when dealing
with biological problems of their interest, will be better equipped
to grasp relevant ideas. Contents: A Multi-Disciplinary Survey of
Biocomputing: Molecular and Cellular Levels; A Multi-Disciplinary
Survey of Biocomputing: Systems and Evolutionary Levels, and
Technological Applications; Models for Complex Eukaryotic Regulatory
DNA Sequences; An Algorithm for Ab Initio DNA Motif Detection;
Detecting Molecular Evidence of Positive Darwinian Selection;
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis: Understanding Genome Evolution;
Constructing Biological Networks of Protein Protein Interactions;
Computational Modelling of Gene Regulatory Networks; Overview of
Text-Mining in Life Sciences; Integrated Prognostic Profiles:
Combining Clinical and Gene Expression Information through Evolving
Connectionist Approach; Databases on Gene Regulation; On the Search
of Better Validation and Statistical Methods in Microarray Data
Analysis; Information Extraction from Dynamic Biological Web Sources;
Computer Aided Design of Signaling Networks; Analysis of DNA
Sequences: Hunting for Genes; Biological Databases and Web Services:
Metrics for Quality.
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Physical Description: 6.3"x8.9"x1.8"; 2.8 lb; 800 pagesEdition Info: Hardcover; 2005-08-30
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