PAnG: finding patterns in annotation graphs

  • Authors:
  • Philip Anderson;Andreas Thor;Joseph Benik;Louiqa Raschid;Maria Esther Vidal

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA;University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA;University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA;University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA;Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela

  • Venue:
  • SIGMOD '12 Proceedings of the 2012 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Annotation graph datasets are a natural representation of scientific knowledge. They are common in the life sciences and health sciences, where concepts such as genes, proteins or clinical trials are annotated with controlled vocabulary terms from ontologies. We present a tool, PAnG (Patterns in Annotation Graphs), that is based on a complementary methodology of graph summarization and dense subgraphs. The elements of a graph summary correspond to a pattern and its visualization can provide an explanation of the underlying knowledge. Scientists can use PAnG to develop hypotheses and for exploration.