×


 x 

Shopping cart
James D Tisdall - Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics - 9780596003074 - V9780596003074
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics

€ 64.89
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics Paperback. Bioinformatics is a fast-moving field with problems that require non-trivial programming skills. This text takes the reader from beginner level to the doorstep of advanced material by concentrating on Perl modules and specific applications areas of current and future interest. Num Pages: 380 pages, index. BIC Classification: UMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
Historically, programming hasn't been considered a critical skill for biologists. But now, with access to vast amounts of biological data contained in public databases, programming skills are increasingly in strong demand in biology research and development. Perl, with its highly developed capacities in string handling, text processing, networking, and rapid prototyping, has emerged as the programming language of choice for biological data analysis. This text covers the core Perl language and many of its module extensions, presenting them in the context of biological data and problems of pressing interest to the biological community. This book, along with "Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics", forms a basic course in Perl programming. This second volume finishes the basic Perl tutorial material (references, complex data structures, object-oriented programming, use of modules--all presented in a biological context) and presents some advanced topics of considerable interest in bioinformatics. The range of topics covered in the book prepares the reader for enduring and emerging developments in critical areas of bioinformatics programming such as: gene finding; string alignment; methods of data storage and retrieval (SML and databases); modelling of networks (graphs and Petri nets); graphics (Tk); parallelization; interfacing with other programming languages; statistics (PDL); protein structure determination; and biological models of computation (DNA Computers). Biologists and computer scientists who have conquered the basics of Perl and are ready to move even further in their mastery of this versatile language will appreciate the author's well-balanced approach to applying Perl's analytical abilities to the field of bioinformatics. Full of practical examples and real-world biological problem solving, this book is a must for any reader wanting to move beyond beginner level Perl in bioinformatics.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
O´Reilly Media United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596003074
SKU
V9780596003074
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About James D Tisdall
James Tisdall has worked as a musician, a programmer at Bell Labs (where he programmed for speech research and discovered a formal language for musical rhythm), and as a bioinformaticist at Mercator Genetics in Menlo Park, California, and at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. He has a B.A. in mathematics from the City College of New York and an M.S. in computer science from Columbia University; he is working towards a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Pennsylvania. In his spare time, Jim teaches computer music at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. He is also the author of O'Reilly's Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics.

Reviews for Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics

Goodreads reviews for Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!