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ASAP: An Automated System for Scientific Literature Search in PubMed Using Web Agents

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6th International Conference on Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing ((AINSC,volume 154))

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In this paper we present ASAP - Automated Search with Agents in PubMed, a web-based service aiming to manage and automate scientific literature search in the PubMed database. The system allows the creation and management of web agents, specifically parameterized thematically and functionally, that automatically and periodically crawl the PubMed database, oriented to search and retrieve relevant results according the requirements provided by the user. The results, containing the publications list retrieved, are emailed to the agent owner weekly during the activity period programmed for the web agent. The ASAP service is devoted to help researchers, especially from the field of biomedicine and bioinformatics, in order to increase their productivity, and can be accessed at: http://esa.ipb.pt/~agentes.

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  1. Technology and Management School, Polythecnic Institute of Bragança, 5301-857, Bragança, Portugal

    Carlos Carvalhal & Leonel Deusdado

  2. CIMO - Mountain Research Center, Polythecnic Institute of Bragança, 5301-855, Bragança, Portugal

    Sérgio Deusdado

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  1. , Dep. Informática / CCTC, Universidade do Minho, Largo do Paco, Braga, 4710 - 057, Portugal

    Miguel P. Rocha

  2. European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, EMBL Outstation - Hinxton, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom

    Nicholas Luscombe

  3. , Department of Informatics, University of Vigo, Edificio Politécnico. Campus Universitario As Lagoas s/n, Ourense, 32004, Spain

    Florentino Fdez-Riverola

  4. Faculty of Science, Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Juan M. Corchado Rodríguez

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Carvalhal, C., Deusdado, S., Deusdado, L. (2012). ASAP: An Automated System for Scientific Literature Search in PubMed Using Web Agents. In: Rocha, M., Luscombe, N., Fdez-Riverola, F., Rodríguez, J. (eds) 6th International Conference on Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 154. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28839-5_8

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