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Bayesian methods in bioinformatics and computational systems biology

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Wilkinson, D. J.·2006·Briefings in Bioinformatics

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Bayesian methods are valuable, inter alia, whenever there is a need to extract information from data that are uncertain or subject to any kind of error or noise (including measurement error and experimental error, as well as noise or random variation intrinsic to the process of interest). Bayesian methods offer a number of advantages over more conventional statistical techniques that make them particularly appropriate for complex data. It is therefore no surprise that Bayesian methods are becoming more widely used in the fields of genetics, genomics, bioinformatics and computational systems biology, where making sense of complex noisy data is the norm. This review provides an introduction to the growing literature in this area, with particular emphasis on recent developments in Bayesian bioinformatics relevant to computational systems biology.

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Authors
Wilkinson, D. J.
Affiliations
Newcastle University (GB)
Corresponding author
Wilkinson, D. J.
Venue
Briefings in Bioinformatics
Published
2006-12-19
Volume
8
Issue
2
Pages
109-116
ISSN
  • 1467-5463 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-4054
OpenAlex
W2112794562
Cited by
230
References
95
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FWCI
0.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Briefings in Bioinformatics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Keywords
Bayesian analysis, computational systems biology, noisy data, measurement error, uncertainty quantification, genomics, complex data analysis
MeSH terms
Artificial Intelligence, Bayes Theorem, Pattern Recognition, Automated, Signal Transduction, Sequence Analysis, Computational Biology, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Proteome, Gene Expression Profiling, Systems Biology

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