Parallel computation and FASTA: confronting the problem of parallel database search for a fast sequence comparison algorithm
Miller P, Nadkarni P, Carriero N. Parallel computation and FASTA: confronting the problem of parallel database search for a fast sequence comparison algorithm. Bioinformatics 1991, 7: 71-78. PMID: 2004277, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/7.1.71.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSequence comparison algorithmAmount of computationMachine-independent parallel programming languageComparison algorithmsDisk I/OParallel programming languageParallel program runsO bottleneck problemDifferent parallel machinesBiological sequence comparisonNumber of processorsTime-consuming computationProgramming languageParallelization strategyParallel computationParallel machinesProgram design strategiesProgram runBottleneck problemFASTA algorithmFASTAAlgorithmComputationBottleneckGeneral problem