Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistant
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Resumo: | The aim of this work is to develop a software tool that provides a user-friendly graphical interface of generic and configurable design in order to ease the researcher’s tasks in data manipulation and analysis. Two primary targets have influenced the design: data preparation for analysis in animal breeding programs and usability increase for those applications that perform important analysis methods, but interact with users only through text files and command lines. The Guaiaca tool was designed as a “utility belt” in the form of two integrated assistants, and it can be combined with multiple analysis applications. This tool offers facilities to: (a) collect, manipulate, and reorganize data; (b) organize, register, and retrieve analyses through descriptors; and (c) prepare and activate analysis processes. Guaiaca’s Execution Assistant module is described in this paper, where is also emphasized the parameters to configure, the main data structures to maintain, and the form of the relationship between its generic interface and combined analysis applications. The generic interface has been customized and validated for the peculiarities of two applications, WOMBAT (mixed models) and INTERGEN (Bayesian models). Several data analyses were performed with the interface support to prove its generality and ease of installation, configuration and operation. Data sets from 5,726 quails in a breeding program were used with these applications. Use of the integrated Guaiaca-WOMBAT application is illustrated with an analysis example, prepared and visualized on the Guaiaca tool and executed by WOMBAT. The Beta version of the Guaiaca tool for Windows is available free of charge to the scientific community and can be obtained at http://www.ufpel.edu.br/~gil.medeiros/guaiaca. |
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Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistantGuaiaca – uma ferramenta de apoio ao uso de aplicativos científicos destinados a análises de dados – parte I: assistente de execuçãoAnimal breedingData analysisHistory of analysisMixed modelsScientific softwareUsability.Palavras-chaveAnálise de dadosHistórico de análisesMelhoramento animalModelos mistosSoftware científicoUsabilidade.The aim of this work is to develop a software tool that provides a user-friendly graphical interface of generic and configurable design in order to ease the researcher’s tasks in data manipulation and analysis. Two primary targets have influenced the design: data preparation for analysis in animal breeding programs and usability increase for those applications that perform important analysis methods, but interact with users only through text files and command lines. The Guaiaca tool was designed as a “utility belt” in the form of two integrated assistants, and it can be combined with multiple analysis applications. This tool offers facilities to: (a) collect, manipulate, and reorganize data; (b) organize, register, and retrieve analyses through descriptors; and (c) prepare and activate analysis processes. Guaiaca’s Execution Assistant module is described in this paper, where is also emphasized the parameters to configure, the main data structures to maintain, and the form of the relationship between its generic interface and combined analysis applications. The generic interface has been customized and validated for the peculiarities of two applications, WOMBAT (mixed models) and INTERGEN (Bayesian models). Several data analyses were performed with the interface support to prove its generality and ease of installation, configuration and operation. Data sets from 5,726 quails in a breeding program were used with these applications. Use of the integrated Guaiaca-WOMBAT application is illustrated with an analysis example, prepared and visualized on the Guaiaca tool and executed by WOMBAT. The Beta version of the Guaiaca tool for Windows is available free of charge to the scientific community and can be obtained at http://www.ufpel.edu.br/~gil.medeiros/guaiaca.O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver uma ferramenta de software com interface gráfica amigável, genérica e configurável, para facilitar pesquisadores na organização e gerenciamento das atividades de manipulação e análises de dados. A concepção foi baseada nas características de dois focos principais: a preparação de dados para análises em pesquisas de melhoramento genético de animais e o incremento da usabilidade para aplicativos que implementam importantes métodos de análises, mas interagem com o usuário via arquivos de texto e linha de comando. A ferramenta Guaiaca foi modelada como um “cinto de utilidades” e desenvolvida na forma de dois assistentes integrados. Pode ser combinada com múltiplos aplicativos executores de análises. Oferece facilidades para: coleta, manipulação e reorganização de dados; organização, catalogação e recuperação de análises via descritores; ativação de processos de análise. Apresenta-se uma descrição sobre o Assistente de Execução destacando os parâmetros configuráveis, as estruturas de dados mantidas e a forma de relacionamento entre a interface genérica e os aplicativos de análise combinados. A personalização de sua interface foi testada para peculiaridades dos aplicativos WOMBAT (modelos mistos) e INTERGEN (modelos bayesianos). Foram realizadas diversas análises para comprovar sua generalidade e facilidade de instalação, configuração e operação, utilizando dados de 5.726 codornas de um programa de melhoramento. O uso do conjunto Guaiaca-WOMBAT é ilustrado com exemplo de análise preparada e visualizada no Guaiaca e executada pelo WOMBAT. A versão beta do Guaiaca (para Windows) está disponível de forma gratuita para a comunidade científica e pode ser obtida em http:// www.ufpel.edu.br/~gil.medeiros/guaiaca.UEL2016-08-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado por paresPrototipagemapplication/pdfhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/2187810.5433/1679-0359.2016v37n4p2269Semina: Ciências Agrárias; Vol. 37 No. 4 (2016); 2269-2280Semina: Ciências Agrárias; v. 37 n. 4 (2016); 2269-22801679-03591676-546Xreponame:Semina. Ciências Agrárias (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)instacron:UELenghttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/21878/19467http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMedeiros, Gil Carlos RodriguesBarros, Willian SilvaDionello, Nelson José Laurino2022-12-01T13:08:22Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21878Revistahttp://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrariasPUBhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/oaisemina.agrarias@uel.br1679-03591676-546Xopendoar:2022-12-01T13:08:22Semina. Ciências Agrárias (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)false |
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Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistant Guaiaca – uma ferramenta de apoio ao uso de aplicativos científicos destinados a análises de dados – parte I: assistente de execução |
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Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistant |
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Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistant Medeiros, Gil Carlos Rodrigues Animal breeding Data analysis History of analysis Mixed models Scientific software Usability. Palavras-chave Análise de dados Histórico de análises Melhoramento animal Modelos mistos Software científico Usabilidade. |
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Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistant |
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Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistant |
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Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistant |
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Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistant |
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Guaiaca – a software tool for supporting the use of scientific applications designed for data analysis – part I: execution assistant |
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Medeiros, Gil Carlos Rodrigues |
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Medeiros, Gil Carlos Rodrigues Barros, Willian Silva Dionello, Nelson José Laurino |
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Barros, Willian Silva Dionello, Nelson José Laurino |
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Medeiros, Gil Carlos Rodrigues Barros, Willian Silva Dionello, Nelson José Laurino |
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Animal breeding Data analysis History of analysis Mixed models Scientific software Usability. Palavras-chave Análise de dados Histórico de análises Melhoramento animal Modelos mistos Software científico Usabilidade. |
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Animal breeding Data analysis History of analysis Mixed models Scientific software Usability. Palavras-chave Análise de dados Histórico de análises Melhoramento animal Modelos mistos Software científico Usabilidade. |
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The aim of this work is to develop a software tool that provides a user-friendly graphical interface of generic and configurable design in order to ease the researcher’s tasks in data manipulation and analysis. Two primary targets have influenced the design: data preparation for analysis in animal breeding programs and usability increase for those applications that perform important analysis methods, but interact with users only through text files and command lines. The Guaiaca tool was designed as a “utility belt” in the form of two integrated assistants, and it can be combined with multiple analysis applications. This tool offers facilities to: (a) collect, manipulate, and reorganize data; (b) organize, register, and retrieve analyses through descriptors; and (c) prepare and activate analysis processes. Guaiaca’s Execution Assistant module is described in this paper, where is also emphasized the parameters to configure, the main data structures to maintain, and the form of the relationship between its generic interface and combined analysis applications. The generic interface has been customized and validated for the peculiarities of two applications, WOMBAT (mixed models) and INTERGEN (Bayesian models). Several data analyses were performed with the interface support to prove its generality and ease of installation, configuration and operation. Data sets from 5,726 quails in a breeding program were used with these applications. Use of the integrated Guaiaca-WOMBAT application is illustrated with an analysis example, prepared and visualized on the Guaiaca tool and executed by WOMBAT. The Beta version of the Guaiaca tool for Windows is available free of charge to the scientific community and can be obtained at http://www.ufpel.edu.br/~gil.medeiros/guaiaca. |
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