An Introduction to MAMA (Meta-Analysis of MicroArray data) System

Author

Zhang, Zhe ; Fenstermacher, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomedical Eng., North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, NC

fYear

2006

Firstpage

7730

Lastpage

7733

Abstract

Analyzing microarray data across multiple experiments has been proven advantageous. To support this kind of analysis, we are developing a software system called MAMA (meta-analysis of microarray data). MAMA utilizes a client-server architecture with a relational database on the server-side for the storage of microarray datasets collected from various resources. The client-side is an application running on the end user´s computer that allows the user to manipulate microarray data and analytical results locally. MAMA implementation will integrate several analytical methods, including meta-analysis within an open-source framework offering other developers the flexibility to plug in additional statistical algorithms

Keywords

client-server systems; medical information systems; meta data; relational databases; MAMA; client-server architecture; metaanalysis of microarray data; relational database; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical informatics; Breast cancer; Computer architecture; Data analysis; Gene expression; Performance analysis; Relational databases; Software systems; Testing; Meta-Analysis; Microarray; System Architecture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8741-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616304

Filename

1616304