algorithms

(noun)

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a step-by-step procedure for calculations. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning.

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Examples of algorithms in the following topics:

  • Bioinformatic Analyses and Gene Distributions

    • Bioinformatics also deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, structural biology, software engineering, data mining, image processing, modeling and simulation, discrete mathematics, control and system theory, circuit theory, and statistics.
    • the development of new algorithms (mathematical formulas) and statistics with which to assess relationships among members of large data sets.
    • Examples include pattern recognition, data mining, machine learning algorithms, and visualization.

  • Magnification and Resolution

    • Using computer algorithms and other technology the panel on the right has a higher resolution and is therefore clearer.

  • Gene Families

    • Recent work uses a combination of statistical models and algorithmic techniques to detect gene families that are under the effect of natural selection.

  • Size Variation and ORF Contents in Genomes

    • A simple gene prediction algorithm for prokaryotes might look for a start codon followed by an open reading frame that is long enough to encode a typical protein, where the codon usage of that region matches the frequency characteristic for the given organism's coding regions.

  • X-Ray Diffraction Analysis

    • The data generated with this technique requires extensive mathematical analysis that is now made easier by available computer algorithms.