Title
From the desktop to the grid: scalable bioinformatics via workflow conversion.
Abstract
BackgroundReproducibility is one of the tenets of the scientific method. Scientific experiments often comprise complex data flows, selection of adequate parameters, and analysis and visualization of intermediate and end results. Breaking down the complexity of such experiments into the joint collaboration of small, repeatable, well defined tasks, each with well defined inputs, parameters, and outputs, offers the immediate benefit of identifying bottlenecks, pinpoint sections which could benefit from parallelization, among others. Workflows rest upon the notion of splitting complex work into the joint effort of several manageable tasks.There are several engines that give users the ability to design and execute workflows. Each engine was created to address certain problems of a specific community, therefore each one has its advantages and shortcomings. Furthermore, not all features of all workflow engines are royalty-free —an aspect that could potentially drive away members of the scientific community.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1186/s12859-016-0978-9
BMC Bioinformatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Workflow, Interoperability, KNIME, Grid, Cloud, Galaxy, gUSE
Visualization,Computer science,Interoperability,Bioinformatics,Workflow engine,Workflow,Workflow management system,Grid,Scalability,Cloud computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
17
1
1471-2105
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.43
14
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luis de la Garza1174.13
Johannes Veit250.43
András Szolek3151.73
Marc Röttig4252.99
Stephan Aiche550.43
Sandra Gesing612125.55
Knut Reinert71020105.87
Oliver Kohlbacher8975101.91