PiGx: reproducible genomics analysis pipelines with GNU Guix.

ABSTRACT: In bioinformatics, as well as other computationally intensive research fields, there is a need for workflows that can reliably produce consistent output, from known sources, independent of the software environment or configuration settings of the machine on which they are executed. Indeed, this is essential for controlled comparison between different observations and for the wider dissemination of workflows. However, providing this type of reproducibility and traceability is often complicated by the need to accommodate the myriad dependencies included in a larger body of software, each of which generally comes in various versions. Moreover, in many fields (bioinformatics being a prime example), these versions are subject to continual change due to rapidly evolving technologies, further com

SUBMITTER: Wurmus R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6275446 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature