Bioprovider implementation issues: a non-intrusive tool for process scheduling and biological data access

Authors

  • Maíra Ferreira de Noronha Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Centro Técnico Científico, Departamento de Informática, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Sérgio Lifschitz Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Centro Técnico Científico, Departamento de Informática, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v1i2.922

Keywords:

Process scheduling, biological data access, BioProvider

Abstract

This work discusses the implementation of BioProvider, a tool that efficiently provides data for biological applications. It uses ad-hoc buffer management policies and specific process scheduling control to deal with very large sequence data. We explain how to consider a non-intrusive approach in order to encourage the use of BioProvider in a transparent way while keeping the original applications unchanged. The first instantiation of BioProvider is tailored to BLAST, the most popular sequence comparison program.

Published

2007-12-31

How to Cite

de Noronha, M. F., & Lifschitz, S. (2007). Bioprovider implementation issues: a non-intrusive tool for process scheduling and biological data access. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v1i2.922