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November 2006 (Vol. 39, No. 11)
pp. 40-46
From Molecule to Man: Decision Support in Individualized E-Health
Peter M.A. Sloot, University of Amsterdam
Alfredo Tirado-Ramos, University of Amsterdam
Ilkay Altintas, University of California, San Diego and University of Amsterdam
Marian Bubak, AGH University of Science and Technology
Charles Boucher, Utrecht University
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Computer science provides the language needed to study and understand complex multiscale, multiscience systems. ViroLab, a grid-based decision-support system, demonstrates how researchers can now study diseases from the DNA level all the way up to medical responses to treatment.
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Index Terms- Grid computing, System-level science, ViroLab, E-health
Citation:
Peter M.A. Sloot, Alfredo Tirado-Ramos, Ilkay Altintas, Marian Bubak, Charles Boucher,
"From Molecule to Man: Decision Support in Individualized E-Health,"
Computer,
vol. 39,
no. 11,
pp. 40-46,
Nov.,
2006
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