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Laboratory and Scientific Computing: A Strategic Approach
Author: Joe Liscouski
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Copyright: 1994
ISBN: 0-471-59422-9
Price: $44.95
Page Count: 250 pages

This guide surveys the current generation of laboratory computing equipment and procedures, explores the diverse computing needs and opportunities in the modern laboratory, and gives scientists, technicians, managers and information systems personnel the strategic perspective they need to take full advantage of rapidly developing technology.

This book presents a rationale and method for automating laboratory tasks and processes in a holistic manner. Rather than implement an automation capability exclusively on a "tactical" basis to address an immediate need, the author advocates a strategic approach wherein the laboratory's overall computing and information-handling needs are taken into account.

The book's broad-based approach facilitates:
-- cost reduction through the elimination of faulty design
-- improved use of data and information
-- improvements in validation programs thereby reducing system validation costs
-- low-cost integration of emerging technologies
-- improved ability to meet regulatory requirements
-- helping manager, scientists, and technicians understand and use a "systems" viewpoint.

Contents include a proposed model for laboratory work; moving toward a strategic view of computing technology; developing an implementation plan; technologies for implementing the lab automation model; and computing and information technologies for the laboratory. A useful appendix includes the Analytical Instrument Association's (AIA) Chromatography Data Standard Specification for the interchange and storage of chromatographic data across different vendor's products and platforms.

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