Simona: a comprehensive R package for semantic similarity analysis on bio-ontologies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bio-ontologies are keys in structuring complex biological information for effective data integration and knowledge representation. Semantic similarity analysis on bio-ontologies quantitatively assesses the degree of similarity between biological concepts based on the semantics encoded in ontologies. It plays an important role in structured and meaningful interpretations and integration of complex data from multiple biological domains.

Results

We present simona, a novel R package for semantic similarity analysis on general bio-ontologies. Simona implements infrastructures for ontology analysis by offering efficient data structures, fast ontology traversal methods, and elegant visualizations. Moreover, it provides a robust toolbox supporting over 70 methods for sema

SUBMITTER: Gu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406866 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature