An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms

Neil C. Jones, Pavel A. Pevzner, Sorin Istrail (Director, Brown University) , Pavel A. Pevzner

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MIT Press
06 August 2004

Molecular biology; Algorithms & data structures

Series: Computational Molecular Biology

An introductory text that emphasizes the underlying algorithmic ideas that are driving advances in bioinformatics.

This introductory text offers a clear exposition of the algorithmic principles driving advances in bioinformatics. Accessible to students in both biology and computer science, it strikes a unique balance between rigorous mathematics and practical techniques, emphasizing the ideas underlying algorithms rather than offering a collection of apparently unrelated problems. The book introduces biological and algorithmic ideas together, linking issues in computer science to biology and thus capturing the interest of students in both subjects. It demonstrates that relatively few design techniques can be used to solve a large number of practical problems in biology, and presents this material intuitively. An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms is one of the first books on bioinformatics that can be used by students at an undergraduate level. It includes a dual table of contents, organized by algorithmic idea and biological idea; discussions of biologically relevant problems, including a detailed problem formulation and one or more solutions for each; and brief biographical sketches of leading figures in the field. These interesting vignettes offer students a glimpse of the inspirations and motivations for real work in bioinformatics, making the concepts presented in the text more concrete and the techniques more approachable.

PowerPoint presentations, practical bioinformatics problems, sample code, diagrams, demonstrations, and other materials can be found at the Author's website.

By: Neil C. Jones, Pavel A. Pevzner
Series edited by: Sorin Istrail (Director Brown University), Pavel A. Pevzner, Michael S. Waterman
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9780262101066
ISBN 10: 0262101068
Series: Computational Molecular Biology
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 06 August 2004
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Neil C. Jones received his PhD from UCSD and is now a Staff Software Engineer at Google. Pavel Pevzner is Ronald R. Taylor Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Computational Molecular Biology- An Algorithmic Approach (MIT Press, 2000).