This unique textbook/reference presents unified coverage of bioinformatics topics relating to both biological sequences and biological networks, providing an in-depth analysis of cutting-edge distributed algorithms, as well as relevant sequential algorithms. In addition to introducing the latest algorithms in this area, more than fifteen new distributed algorithms are also proposed.

Topics and features include: a review of a range of open challenges in biological sequences and networks; a detailed description of both sequential and parallel/distributed algorithms for each problem; suggestions for approaches for distributed algorithms as possible extensions to sequential algorithms when the distributed algorithms for the topic are scarce; proposals for a number of new distributed algorithms in each chapter to serve as potential starting points for further research; and self-test exercises included in each chapter.