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Technology review. Python and automated laboratory system control.

The Python programming language is reviewed, with an emphasis on features and add-on modules useful for solving problems in the field of laboratory automation. Complexities of multi-instrument automated system control and coordination are discussed, along with the difficulties that arise when multit...

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Published in:JALA: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 46 - 56
Main Authors: Cahn MH, Russo MF
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Feb2007
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        affil: Mail Stop H23-05, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, NJ 08543; matthew.cahn@bms.com
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          Laboratory Automation Systems
          Programming Languages
          Automation
          Laboratories
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