Ruby programming for medicine and biology / Jules J. Berman.
Material type: TextSeries: Jones and Bartlett series in biomedical informaticsPublication details: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2008.Description: xviii, 378 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780763750909
- 0763750905
- 610.285 22
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-304) and index.
Overview of the Ruby language (level 1) -- Survey of Ruby classes and the Ruby standard library (level 1) -- Object orientation in Ruby (level 2) -- Ruby extensions and standard libraries (level 2) -- Biomedical data files used in later chapters (level 1) -- Using Ruby strings, hashes, arrays, files, and directories (level 1) -- Pattern searching with regular expressions (level 1) -- File/dataset transformations (level 1) -- Indexing text (level 1) -- Searching and mining data (level 1) -- Scrubbing confidential medical data (level 1) -- Autocoding biomedical data using nomenclatures (level 3) -- Some mathematical and statistical methods (level 2) -- Cryptography and de-identification (level 2) -- Common gateway interface (level 4) -- Enter Ruby on Rails (level 4) -- The bioinformatics library, Bio, and Ruby (level 3) -- Ruby and resource description framework (level 3) -- Ruby and biological classifications (level 3) -- Book summary (level 3).
Once again, Jules J. Berman provides biomedical researchers and hospital professionals with an introduction to a time-saving programming language. In this new how-to manual, Berman expertly guides bPart of the JONES AND BARTLETT SERIES IN BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS Once again, Jules J. Berman provides biomedical researchers and hospital professionals with an introduction to a time-saving programming language.nbsp; In this new how-to manual, Berman expertly guidesnbsp; both experienced and inexperienced programmers through the Ruby programming language.nbsp; Ruby Programming for Medicine and Biology opens with three chapters of Ruby language instruction followed by discussions of 100 ruby scripts covering the most common computational tasks in the field of biomedicine.nbsp; With helpful explanations of how scripts work, and how they might be implemented in real-world situations, readers will become familiar with this free, open source, object-oriented programming language that is quickly gaining momentum within the bioinformatics community. nbsp;
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