SciPipe: A workflow library for agile development of complex and dynamic bioinformatics pipelines
Author(s) -
Samuel Lampa,
Martin Dahlö,
Jonathan Alvarsson,
Ola Spjuth
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gigascience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.947
H-Index - 54
ISSN - 2047-217X
DOI - 10.1093/gigascience/giz044
Subject(s) - workflow , computer science , workflow management system , workflow technology , scripting language , software engineering , agile software development , perl , pipeline transport , python (programming language) , workflow engine , automation , programming language , database , engineering , environmental engineering , mechanical engineering
The complex nature of biological data has driven the development of specialized software tools. Scientific workflow management systems simplify the assembly of such tools into pipelines, assist with job automation, and aid reproducibility of analyses. Many contemporary workflow tools are specialized or not designed for highly complex workflows, such as with nested loops, dynamic scheduling, and parametrization, which is common in, e.g., machine learning.
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