R Programming for Bioinformatics |
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| Author:
| Gentleman, Robert |
| Series title: | Chapman and Hall/CRC Computer Science and Data Analysis Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4200-6367-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Imprint: | Chapman & Hall/CRC |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on the author's first-hand experiences as an expert in R, this practical guide focuses on the programming skills needed to use R for the solution of bioinformatics and computational biology problems. It covers the fundamentals of the R language, object-oriented programming in R, and data mark-up and web services languages and tools. The author also examines different aspects of string handling and manipulations; discusses the interfacing of R with other languages, such as C,...
More DescriptionDrawing on the author's first-hand experiences as an expert in R, this practical guide focuses on the programming skills needed to use R for the solution of bioinformatics and computational biology problems. It covers the fundamentals of the R language, object-oriented programming in R, and data mark-up and web services languages and tools. The author also examines different aspects of string handling and manipulations; discusses the interfacing of R with other languages, such as C, FORTRAN, Perl, and Python; and explains how to write software packages as well as debug and profile R code. The complete source code is available on the book's website.