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Rather than building these data analysis/visualization programs from scratch each time, my thought is that scientists should instead be writing them as modules
by mclin 15y ago
Rather than building these data analysis/visualization programs from scratch each time, my thought is that scientists should instead be writing them as modules for a data workflow application like RapidMiner.
If you haven't heard of RapidMiner, you basically edit a flowchart where each step takes inputs and outputs, eg take some data and make a histogram, or perform a clustering analysis.
Video of someone demoing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNESlvXp47E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNESlvXp47E
This way, the scientists can focus on the algorithms and not have to worry about all the other details of creating useable, maintainable software.
- ak217 15y agoIn bioinformatics, Galaxy (http://galaxy.psu.edu/ http://galaxy.psu.edu/) is a much better alternative.
- droz 15y agoDo you know of any other good data analysis applications similar to RapidMiner?
- mclin 15y agoI don't know any first hand, but other's I've heard of: Taverna: http://taverna.org.uk/ http://taverna.org.uk/ Trident: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/tc/trident.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/tc/trident.mspx
- bugsbunnyak 15y agoKnime http://www.knime.org/ http://www.knime.org/. To a lesser (but free) extent, Orange http://orange.biolab.si/ http://orange.biolab.si/