Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics.
The Bioconductor project is an initiative for the collaborative creation of extensible software for computational biology and bioinformatics. The goals of the project include: fostering collaborative development and widespread use of innovative software, reducing barriers to entry into interdisciplinary scientific research, and promoting the achievement of remote reproducibility of research results. We describe details of our aims and methods, identify current challenges, compare Bioconductor to other open bioinformatics projects, and provide working examples.
Department of Biostatistical Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St, Boston, MA 02115, USA. rgentlem@jimmy.harvard.edu
Robert C
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Gentleman
Vincent J
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Carey
Douglas M
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Bates
Ben
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Bolstad
Marcel
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Dettling
Sandrine
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Dudoit
Byron
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Ellis
Laurent
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Gautier
Yongchao
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Ge
Jeff
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Gentry
Kurt
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Hornik
Torsten
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Hothorn
Wolfgang
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Huber
Stefano
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Iacus
Rafael
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Irizarry
Friedrich
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Leisch
Cheng
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Li
Martin
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Maechler
Anthony J
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Rossini
Gunther
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Sawitzki
Colin
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Smith
Gordon
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Smyth
Luke
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Tierney
Jean Y H
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Yang
Jianhua
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Zhang
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