Algorithms in Bioinformatics : Second International Workshop WABI 2002 Rome Italy September 17–21 2002 Proceedings This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Bioinformatics WABI 2002 held in Rome Italy in September 2002. The 39 revised full papers presented together with an full invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. Among the topics addressed are exact and approximate algorithms for genomics genetics sequence analysis gene and signal recognition alignment molecular evolution phylogenetics structure determination and prediction gene expression and gene networks proteomics functional genomics and drug design