Big Data Analytics in Chemoinformatics and Bioinformatics

by Subhash C. Basak (Editor), Marjan Vračko (Editor)

Big Data Analytics in Chemoinformatics and Bioinformatics: With Applications to Computer-Aided Drug Design, Cancer Biology, Emerging Pathogens and Computational Toxicology provides an up-to-date presentation of big data analytics methods and their applications in diverse fields. The proper management of big data for decision-making in scientific and social issues is of paramount importance. This book gives researchers the tools they need to solve big data problems in these fields. It begins with a section on general topics that all readers will find useful and continues with specific sections covering a range of interdisciplinary applications.

Here, an international team of leading experts review their respective fields and present their latest research findings, with case studies used throughout to analyze and present key information.

• Brings together the current knowledge on the most important aspects of big data, including analysis using deep learning and fuzzy logic, transparency and data protection, disparate data analytics, and scalability of the big data domain
• Covers many applications of big data analysis in diverse fields such as chemistry, chemoinformatics, bioinformatics, computer-assisted drug/vaccine design, characterization of emerging pathogens, and environmental protection
• Highlights the considerable benefits offered by big data analytics to science, in biomedical fields and in industry