Computational models of molecular and gene networks are now commonplace. They are becoming larger and more complex, and are based on various approaches. Standard formats permit the sharing and reuse ...

In the development business, there’s no excuse for a bad design. Unfortunately, you probably know developers who skip through or completely ignore the design process because they don’t understand the ...

Occasionally one may hear that a data model is “over-normalized,” but just what does that mean? Normalization is intended to analyze the functional dependencies across a set of data. The goal is to ...

One of the principles within relational theory is that each entity’s row or tuple be uniquely identifiable. This means the defined structure includes some combination of attributes whose populated ...

The idea behind leadership “offsites”— strategy sessions away from the incessant demands and routines of the office—is compelling: creating dedicated time for public executives to focus on the big ...