Taxonomic Analysis in Biology : Computers, Models, and Databases / Frank A. Bisby, Lois A. Abbott, David J. Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abbott, Lois A., author.

Bisby, F. A., author.

Rogers, David J., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1985]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Describes the process of classification in biology; how it has been conducted and how methods have been affected by the use of computers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Standard Taxonomy

Chapter 1. Taxonomy: An Information System for Biology

Chapter 2. Taxonomic Products

Chapter 3. Standard Taxonomic Analysis

Part II. Theoretical Bases for Taxonomic Work

Chapter 4. Structure of Taxonomic Data

Chapter 5. Models and Algorithms

Part III. Computer-Assisted Taxonomic Analysis

Chapter 6. Character Analysis

Chapter 7. Phenetic Classification

Chapter 8. Diagrams of Variation Pattern

Chapter 9. Identification

Chapter 10. Phylogeny And Cladistics

Part IV. Computer-Assisted Database Management

Chapter 11. Database Management

Chapter 12. Taxonomic Databases

Chapter 13. Goals for the Future

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89165-2

OCLC:

1100429723