Bionformatics Toolbox 2.0.Addressing the needs of computational biologists and bioinformatists, The MathWorks have released the Bioinformatics Toolbox See toolkit and toolbar. 2.0 for MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory) A programming language for technical computing from The MathWorks, Natick, MA (www.mathworks.com). Used for a wide variety of scientific and engineering calculations, especially for automatic control and signal processing, MATLAB runs on Windows, Mac and . Scientists and researchers can now perform mass-spectrometry data analysis, perform statistical inference Inferential statistics or statistical induction comprises the use of statistics to make inferences concerning some unknown aspect of a population. It is distinguished from descriptive statistics. and prediction, view graphs, and conduct enhanced genomic and proteomic sequence analysis. With the latest release of its Bioinformatics Toolbox, The MathWorks brings greater power and versatility to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, providing more advanced technology capabilities for drug discovery research, genetic engineering, and other genomics and proteomics projects. The Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 offers computational biologists and other research scientists an open and extensible environment. Most functions are implemented in the open MATLAB language, enabling users to customise the algorithms or develop their own. The new mass-spectrometry data analysis feature is specifically designed for pre-processing data, including baseline correction, smoothing, alignment, and re-sampling, enabling users to perform customised analysis at a faster rate. The Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 also builds on the classification and statistical inference and prediction tools in the Statistics Toolbox by providing several new classification functions and tools for identification of discriminating dis·crim·i·nat·ing adj. 1. a. Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions; perceptive. b. Showing careful judgment or fine taste: features, and visualisation of complex data is enhanced with new graph-viewing functions and manipulation tools that display interaction maps, hierarchy plots, and pathways. Additional features of the Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 provide access to specialised visualisation tools, ranging from sequence alignments and microarray See micro array. microarray - A technique for performing many DNA experiments in parallel. Nothing to do with computers. principle component plots to building and interactively viewing and manipulating phylogenetic trees phylogenetic tree Diagram showing the evolutionary interrelations of a group of organisms that usually originated from a shared ancestral form. The ancestor is in the tree trunk; organisms that have arisen from it are placed at the ends of tree branches. . www.mathworks.com |
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