AUTOMATIC QUERY CONSTRUCTION FOR KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY

摘要

A system for discovering biological knowledge patterns of interest is described. The system comprises: a receive module configured to receive information defining a base pattern and a generalised base pattern, the base pattern comprising one or more entity nodes each representing a biological entity and one or more biological relationships indicated between the nodes, the generalised base pattern being related to the base pattern by virtue of replacing at least one entity node representing a respective biological entity by an associated set node representing a set of biological entities that includes the respective biological entity; a query module configured to generate a first query portion that, in combination with the generalised base pattern, defines a first query that retrieves a first set of results including the base pattern; and a control module configured to cause the query module to generate a second query portion that, in combination with the first query, defines a second query that retrieves a second set of results including the base pattern.