Yang H, Sunderraman R, Tian H
Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Int J Data Min Bioinform. 2010;4(5):571-87. doi: 10.1504/ijdmb.2010.035901.
This paper proposes a graph data model that can represent information present in Biochemical Networks. The study presented in this paper also proposes a query language, called bcnQL, which empowers users to query entities, interactions, processes and pathways with arbitrary conditions. We then discuss the query-processing techniques, more specifically, the translation of bcnQL queries into G-algebra and a set of algebraic operators on graph objects. Some query examples are presented to demonstrate the applicability of the language for this specific domain. Finally, we provide details of a prototype implementation for the query language.
本文提出了一种能够表示生化网络中存在的信息的图形数据模型。本文所呈现的研究还提出了一种名为bcnQL的查询语言，它使用户能够使用任意条件查询实体、相互作用、过程和途径。然后我们讨论查询处理技术，更具体地说，是将bcnQL查询转换为G代数以及一组关于图形对象的代数运算符。给出了一些查询示例以证明该语言在这个特定领域的适用性。最后，我们提供了该查询语言的原型实现细节。
