[DAS2] Accelerating interval queries

Ann Loraine aloraine at gmail.com
Tue Jun 26 13:19:00 UTC 2007


Sorry this is so naive...

Would implementing this schema require re-building your database, or
could you layer it on top an existing schema somehow?

-Ann

On 6/26/07, Allen Day <allenday at gmail.com> wrote:
> I see Alex occasionally in my building, I'll ask him next time I see
> him.  Without looking closely at the data structure in the paper, I am
> thinking we may be able to implement this indexing scheme with the
> PostgreSQL GiST mechanism for new index strategies.
>
> -Allen
>
> On 6/25/07, Ann Loraine <aloraine at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Interesting!
> >
> > This is definitely needed.
> >
> > How do we incorporate this into our own schema?
> >
> > On 6/25/07, Steve Chervitz <Steve_Chervitz at affymetrix.com> wrote:
> > > Of potential interest to genome DAS server implementers:
> > >
> > > Nested Containment List (NCList): a new algorithm for accelerating interval
> > > query of genome alignment and interval databases
> > >
> > > http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/11/1386
> > >
> > > Any comments on this approach or comparison with other methods?
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
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