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Table 5 Matrix showing the costs associated with the temporal dimension in the context of the SILE method

From: The challenge of managing the evolution of genomics data over time: a conceptual model-based approach

Entity

Change

New variation

New link

Update link

Actionability

1

1

[0,1]

Bibliography

[0,1]

[0,1]

[0,1]

ExternalItem

1

[0,1] + [0,1] + [0,1]

[0,1] + [0,1] + [0,1]

Gene

[0,1]

[0,1]

[0,1]

HGVSExpression

[0,1]

[0,1] + [0,1]

[0,1] + [0,1]

Phenotype

[0,1]

[0,1]

[0,1]

Significance

1

1

[0,1] + [0,1] + [0,1]

Variation

1

[0,1]

[0,1]

VariationPosition

[0,1]

[0,1]

[0,1]

Change cost

Best

4

2

0*

Worst

9

12

14

  1. The table indicates the cost (best and worst cases) of the actions triggered by a specific change. For instance, the cost associated with a new variation ranges between 4 and 9 units of time.\(*\) Although the theoretical cost of the best case is 0, the practical cost of the best case is 1
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BMC Bioinformatics

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