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課程概述 |
MANY CHANCE MECHANISMS SUCH AS STOCHASTIC PROCESSES ARE INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF BIOLOGICAL DATA. FOR INSTANCE, BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OVER EONS HAS PROVIDED THE OUTCOME OF ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX STOCHASTIC PROCESSES IMAGINABLE, AND ONE THAT REQUIRES COMPLEX STOCHASTIC PROCESS THEORY FOR ITS DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS. THIS COURSE AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE PROBABILITY THEORY, STATISTICS, AND STOCHASTIC PROCESS THEORY APPROPRIATE TO COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS. THERE FOLLOWS THE STOCHASTIC PROCESS THEORY BEHIND THE CALCULATIONS USED IN BLAST (BASIC LOCAL ALIGNMENT SEARCH TOOL), WHICH IS IN ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED ALGORITHM IN BIOINFORMATICS. |