<s>
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
software	O
program	O
sold	O
by	O
Dassault	O
Systèmes	O
for	O
processing	O
and	O
analyzing	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
design	O
data	O
workflows	O
using	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
visual	B-Language
and	O
dataflow	B-Application
programming	I-Application
and	O
has	O
use	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
settings	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
cheminformatics	O
and	O
QSAR	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
Sequencing	O
,	O
image	O
analysis	O
,	O
and	O
text	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
an	O
'	O
object	B-Language
oriented	I-Language
 '	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
was	O
created	O
by	O
SciTegic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIOVIA	O
subsequently	O
acquired	O
SciTegic	O
and	O
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
class	O
of	O
software	O
products	O
that	O
provide	O
user	O
interfaces	O
for	O
manipulating	O
and	O
analyzing	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vendor	O
says	O
that	O
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
and	O
similar	O
products	O
allow	O
users	O
with	O
limited	O
or	O
no	O
coding	O
abilities	O
to	O
transform	O
and	O
manipulate	O
datasets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
called	O
the	O
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
Professional	O
Client	O
,	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
discrete	O
data	O
processing	O
units	O
called	O
"	O
components	B-Architecture
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Components	B-Architecture
can	O
load	O
,	O
filter	O
,	O
join	O
or	O
manipulate	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Components	B-Architecture
can	O
also	O
perform	O
much	O
more	O
advanced	O
data	O
manipulations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
building	O
regression	O
models	O
,	O
training	O
neural	O
networks	O
or	O
processing	O
datasets	O
into	O
PDF	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
implements	O
a	O
Components	B-Architecture
paradigm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Components	B-Architecture
are	O
represented	O
as	O
nodes	O
in	O
a	O
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
mathematical	O
sense	O
,	O
components	B-Architecture
are	O
modeled	O
as	O
nodes	O
in	O
a	O
directed	O
graph	O
:	O
"	O
pipes	O
"	O
(	O
graph	O
edges	O
)	O
connect	O
components	B-Architecture
and	O
move	O
data	O
along	O
the	O
from	O
node	O
to	O
node	O
where	O
operations	O
are	O
performed	O
on	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
in	O
industry-specific	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Next	O
Generation	O
Sequencing	O
(	O
see	O
High-throughput	O
sequencing	O
(	O
HTS	O
)	O
methods	O
)	O
,	O
BIOVIA	O
has	O
developed	O
components	B-Architecture
that	O
greatly	O
reduce	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
users	O
need	O
to	O
do	O
common	O
industry-specific	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
choose	O
from	O
components	B-Architecture
that	O
come	O
pre-installed	O
or	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
components	B-Architecture
in	O
workflows	O
called	O
"	O
protocols	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Protocols	O
are	O
sets	O
of	O
linked	O
components	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
mix	O
and	O
match	O
components	B-Architecture
that	O
are	O
provided	O
with	O
the	O
software	O
from	O
BIOVIA	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
custom	O
components	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connections	O
between	O
two	O
components	B-Architecture
are	O
called	O
"	O
pipes	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
visualized	O
in	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
two	O
components	B-Architecture
connected	O
by	O
a	O
pipe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
visually	O
condense	O
a	O
lengthy	O
series	O
of	O
data	O
manipulations	O
that	O
involve	O
many	O
components	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
terminology	O
used	O
in	O
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
,	O
protocols	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
as	O
components	B-Architecture
in	O
other	O
protocols	O
are	O
called	O
"	O
subprotocols	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
features	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
add-ons	O
called	O
"	O
collections	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
add-ons	O
now	O
offered	O
by	O
BIOVIA	O
,	O
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
's	O
use	O
cases	O
are	O
very	O
broad	O
and	O
difficult	O
to	O
summarize	O
succinctly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
ETL	O
and	O
analytics	O
solutions	O
,	O
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
is	O
often	O
used	O
when	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
large	O
(	O
1TB+	O
)	O
and/or	O
complex	O
datasets	O
is	O
processed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
in	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
created	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
PilotScript	O
that	O
enabled	O
end	O
users	O
to	O
write	O
basic	O
programming	O
scripts	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
incorporated	O
into	O
a	O
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
releases	O
extended	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
.NET	B-Application
,	O
Matlab	B-Language
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
VBScript	B-Application
and	O
R	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
syntax	O
for	O
PilotScript	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
PLSQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
components	B-Architecture
such	O
as	O
the	O
Custom	O
Manipulator	O
(	O
PilotScript	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
Custom	O
Filter	O
(	O
PilotScript	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
script	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
add	O
a	O
property	O
named	O
"	O
Hello	O
"	O
to	O
each	O
record	O
passing	O
through	O
a	O
custom	O
scripting	O
component	O
in	O
a	O
Pipeline	B-Algorithm
Pilot	I-Algorithm
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
supports	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
APIs	O
for	O
different	O
programming	O
languages	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
without	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
