We modified the conventional SOM for genome informatics on the basis of Batch-Learning SOM (BLSOM) to make the learning process and resulting map independent of the order of data input [ 1, 2].
First, empirical data from related literature and valuable opinions from medical informatics experts provided a basis for compilation of the draft questionnaire.
In addition, a revised version of the Introductory Computer Science course is being developed that will involve enhanced training with a programming language and various examples of computational software applications that form the basis of informatics in the new millennium.
A three-part conceptual framework for informatics is constructed on the basis of empirical examples from recent pandemic responses and contemporary policy debates, drawing on the 2014 Ebola response in particular.
In this chapter, we describe how computational biology can be aided by informatics infrastructure to provide the basis for in silico studies that no longer require the generation of data, and instead facilitate the collection, organization, and analysis of existing datasets that can drive discovery.
Recent developments in information technology have been an important enabling factor in this process by providing the basis for an informatics architecture that can carry out and harmonize many of the functions that biorepositories need to perform.
These tools will form the basis of future laboratory informatics applications as laboratory data are increasingly integrated and consolidated.
With the explosion of genomic data over the last decade, there has been a tremendous amount of effort to understand the molecular basis of cancer using informatics approaches.
The case for investment in structural capital, particularly better use of informatics, has been made on the basis that this may be one of the biggest bars to recruitment [ 66].
In this last instance, a derivative decision is then whether to have the genomic analysis also performed on an outsourced basis or to perform the informatics analysis in-house.
