e-BioFlow: Improving practical use of workflow systems in bioinformatics

I. Wassink; Matthijs Ooms; Pieter Neerincx; Gerrit C. van der Veer; Han Rauwerda; Jack A.M. Leunissen; Timo M. Breit; Antinus Nijholt; P.E. van der Vet

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15020-3_1

e-BioFlow: Improving practical use of workflow systems in bioinformatics

I. Wassink, Matthijs Ooms, Pieter Neerincx, Gerrit C. van der Veer, Han Rauwerda, Jack A.M. Leunissen, Timo M. Breit, Antinus Nijholt, P.E. van der Vet

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Abstract

Workflow management systems (WfMSs) are useful tools for bioinformaticians. As experiences with using WfMSs accumulate, shortcomings of current systems become apparent. In this paper, we focus on practical issues that hinder WfMS users and that arise in the design and execution of workflows, and in access of web services. We present e-BioFlow, a workflow engine that demonstrates in which way a number of these problems can be solved. e-BioFlow offers an improved user interface, can deal with large data volumes, stores all provenance, and has a powerful provenance browser. e-BioFlow also offers the possibility to design and run workflows step by step, allowing its users an explorative research style.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM 2010
Editors	Sami Khuri, Lenka Lhotská, Nadia Pisanti
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-15
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-15019-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15020-3_1
Publication status	Published - 2010

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	6266
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Keywords

METIS-271014
HMI-IE: Information Engineering
EWI-18375
IR-72923

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Wassink, I., Ooms, M., Neerincx, P., van der Veer, G. C., Rauwerda, H., Leunissen, J. A. M., ... van der Vet, P. E. (2010). e-BioFlow: Improving practical use of workflow systems in bioinformatics. In S. Khuri, L. Lhotská, & N. Pisanti (Eds.), Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM 2010 (pp. 1-15). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6266). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15020-3_1

Wassink, I. ; Ooms, Matthijs ; Neerincx, Pieter ; van der Veer, Gerrit C. ; Rauwerda, Han ; Leunissen, Jack A.M. ; Breit, Timo M. ; Nijholt, Antinus ; van der Vet, P.E. / e-BioFlow: Improving practical use of workflow systems in bioinformatics. Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM 2010. editor / Sami Khuri ; Lenka Lhotská ; Nadia Pisanti. Berlin : Springer, 2010. pp. 1-15 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Wassink, I, Ooms, M, Neerincx, P, van der Veer, GC, Rauwerda, H, Leunissen, JAM, Breit, TM, Nijholt, A & van der Vet, PE 2010, e-BioFlow: Improving practical use of workflow systems in bioinformatics. in S Khuri, L Lhotská & N Pisanti (eds), Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6266, Springer, Berlin, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15020-3_1

e-BioFlow: Improving practical use of workflow systems in bioinformatics. / Wassink, I.; Ooms, Matthijs; Neerincx, Pieter; van der Veer, Gerrit C.; Rauwerda, Han; Leunissen, Jack A.M.; Breit, Timo M.; Nijholt, Antinus; van der Vet, P.E.

Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM 2010. ed. / Sami Khuri; Lenka Lhotská; Nadia Pisanti. Berlin : Springer, 2010. p. 1-15 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6266).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Wassink I, Ooms M, Neerincx P, van der Veer GC, Rauwerda H, Leunissen JAM et al. e-BioFlow: Improving practical use of workflow systems in bioinformatics. In Khuri S, Lhotská L, Pisanti N, editors, Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM 2010. Berlin: Springer. 2010. p. 1-15. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15020-3_1