title: Integrating flexibility and interactivity in bioinformatics visual programming tools with Focus+Context algorithm.
abstract: An improved bioinformatics visual programming prototype system VBP that aims to visualise highly complicated bioinformatical data is described. In this paper, we describe the integration of Focus+Context algorithm and bio-visual programming to show the dynamic adjusting of Focusing on details without losing the context simultaneously. Because of this flexible and interactive architecture, VBP makes an ideal bio-visual programming tool for future bioinformatics or systems biology research.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Data and Knowledge Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China. shenxj@henu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Xiajiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D012984:Software; D049490:Systems Biology; D014584:User-Computer Interface