This introductory text offers a clear exposition of the algorithmic principles driving advances in bioinformatics.
Accessible to students in both biology and computer science, it strikes a unique balance between rigorous mathematics
and practical techniques, emphasizing the ideas underlying algorithms rather than offering a collection of apparently
unrelated problems." "The book introduces biological and algorithmic ideas together, linking issues in
computer science to biology and thus capturing the interest of students in both subjects. It demonstrates that
relatively few design techniques can be used to solve a large number of practical problems in biology, and presents
this material intuitively." An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms is one of the first books on bioinformatics
that can be used by students at an undergraduate level. It includes a dual table of contents, organized by algorithmic
idea and biological topic: discussions of biologically relevant problems, including a detailed problem formulation
and one or more solutions for each; and brief biographical sketches of leading figures in the field.