ProbOnto: ontology and knowledge base of probability distributions.

Journal: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
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Abstract

MOTIVATION: Probability distributions play a central role in mathematical and statistical modelling. The encoding, annotation and exchange of such models could be greatly simplified by a resource providing a common reference for the definition of probability distributions. Although some resources exist, no suitably detailed and complex ontology exists nor any database allowing programmatic access.

Authors

  • Maciej J Swat
    EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD, UK.
  • Pierre Grenon
    CHIME, University College London, London, UK.
  • Sarala Wimalaratne
    EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD, UK.