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= Welcome to MOLGENIS Computational Framework (MCF) =
== What is MCF ? ==

MOLGENIS Computational Framework is a framework for bioinformatics which enables data and computational workflow management in a distributed computational environment. The system was developed as a part of [http://wiki.nbic.nl/index.php/Proteomics_data_management_and_analysis Netherlands Bioinformatics for Proteomics Platform].

== Why MFC ? ==

High-throughput bioinformatics research is complex and requires the combination of multiple experimental approaches each producing large amounts of diverse data. The analysis and evaluation of these data are equally complex requiring specific integrations of various software components into complex workflows.

We provide functionality for bioinformaticians to specify the workflow of commands with simple interfaces, while at the same time scale up to hundreds of jobs to get the terabytes of genetic data processed by recent methods.

== How does it work? ==

Our data management is built on [http://www.molgenis.org Molgenis]. The system can support several back-ends. We propose to [http://www.molgenis.org/wiki/ComputeStartDefault  the default MCF back-end] built on the [http://http://www.gridgainsystems.com/ GridGain], which can be replaced by another cloud or grid computational infrastructure.


== Who is behind MCF ? ==