Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology |  | Author: Dan Gusfield
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 554
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0521585198
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.73
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ASIN: 0521585198
Publication Date: May 28, 1997
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Product Description
Traditionally an area of study in computer science, string algorithms have, in recent years, become an increasingly important part of biology, particularly genetics. This volume is a comprehensive look at computer algorithms for string processing. In addition to pure computer science, Gusfield adds extensive discussions on biological problems that are cast as string problems and on methods developed to solve them. This text emphasizes the fundamental ideas and techniques central to today's applications. New approaches to this complex material simplify methods that up to now have been for the specialist alone. With over 400 exercises to reinforce the material and develop additional topics, the book is suitable as a text for graduate or advanced undergraduate students in computer science, computational biology, or bio-informatics.
Book Description
String algorithms are a traditional area of study in computer science. In recent years their importance has grown dramatically with the huge increase of electronically stored text and of molecular sequence data produced by various genome projects. This book explains a wide range of computer methods for string processing. It also contains extensive discussions on biological problems that are cast as string problems, and on techniques to solve them. The book is both a reference for computer scientists and computer-oriented professionals in biology and bio-informatics and a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on string algorithms and on computational biology.
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A very dense book July 7, 2009
Senthilkumar Cheetancheri (Davis, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't get thrown off by the 'bio' in the title. I use it for computer security - signature based intrusion detection.
This is a very dense book for the serious. The author does not waste any time on trivialities. He gives a brief orientation to the notations and jumps into very intricate algorithms right from the start. You will need to draw pictures or make notes on a scratch paper as you read to follow concepts from one paragraph to the next.
This is a treatise on string algorithms.
Great Book March 3, 2009
Wyatt Clark (Indiana, USA)
If you want to learn about how to make suffix trees and other algorithms this is a great book.
Good Buy January 24, 2009
Saeed M. Salem
The book was like new. The shipping was fast. I am very happy with this purchase!!!
phenomenal March 7, 2008
David Kelley (College Park, MD)
This book is absolutely excellent. Gusfield walks the reader from simple concepts in string matching through advanced in a way that I found very easy to follow. Every bioinformatics researcher should have copy of this text.
Well Written Text Book October 18, 2007
Thomas J. E. Schwarz (Santa Clara, CA)
A well written text book with an obvious bias to biological application, but maybe most useful for its clear explanation and rigour of string algorithms.
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