AlgoRun: a Docker-based packaging system for platform-agnostic implemented algorithms
Author(s) -
Abdelrahman Hosny,
Paola VeraLicona,
Reinhard Laubenbacher,
Thibauld Favre
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw120
Subject(s) - computer science , usable , source code , software , mit license , implementation , algorithm , workflow , interface (matter) , directory , database , operating system , software engineering , world wide web , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
There is a growing need in bioinformatics for easy-to-use software implementations of algorithms that are usable across platforms. At the same time, reproducibility of computational results is critical and often a challenge due to source code changes over time and dependencies.
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