TY - GEN
T1 - Theoretical distributed computing meets biology
T2 - 9th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, ICDCIT 2013
AU - Feinerman, Ofer
AU - Korman, Amos
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In recent years, several works have demonstrated how the study of biology can benefit from an algorithmic perspective. Since biological systems are often distributed in nature, this approach may be particularly useful in the context of distributed computing. As the study of algorithms is traditionally motivated by an engineering and technological point of view, the adaptation of ideas from theoretical distributed computing to biological systems is highly non-trivial and requires a delicate and careful treatment. In this review, we discuss some of the recent research within this framework and suggest several challenging future directions.
AB - In recent years, several works have demonstrated how the study of biology can benefit from an algorithmic perspective. Since biological systems are often distributed in nature, this approach may be particularly useful in the context of distributed computing. As the study of algorithms is traditionally motivated by an engineering and technological point of view, the adaptation of ideas from theoretical distributed computing to biological systems is highly non-trivial and requires a delicate and careful treatment. In this review, we discuss some of the recent research within this framework and suggest several challenging future directions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84872821077&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-36071-8_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-36071-8_1
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84872821077
SN - 9783642360701
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 1
EP - 18
BT - Distributed Computing and Internet Technology - 9th International Conference, ICDCIT 2013, Proceedings
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 5 February 2013 through 8 February 2013
ER -