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ReviewJournal of computer-aided molecular design

Recommendations for evaluation of computational methods.

Ajay N Jain, Anthony Nicholls

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Review in Journal of computer-aided molecular design. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Sulfonamide Derivatives: Recent Compounds with Potent Anti-alzheimer's Disease Activity.Central nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ajay N JainUniversity of California San Francisco, Box 0128, San Francisco, CA 94143-0128, USA. ajain@jainlab.org
Anthony Nicholls

Funding

Machine Learning in Chemistry and BiologyR01GM070481 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JAIN, AJAY N · 2005 to 2013
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM070481NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM070481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of computational chemistry, particularly as applied to drug design, has become increasingly important in terms of the practical application of predictive modeling to pharmaceutical research and development. Tools for exploiting protein structures or sets of ligands known to bind particular targets can be used for binding-mode prediction, virtual screening, and prediction of activity. A serious weakness within the field is a lack of standards with respect to quantitative evaluation of methods, data set preparation, and data set sharing. Our goal should be to report new methods or comparative evaluations of methods in a manner that supports decision making for practical applications. Here we propose a modest beginning, with recommendations for requirements on statistical reporting, requirements for data sharing, and best practices for benchmark preparation and usage.

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Evaluation Studies as TopicAnimalsComputational BiologyHumans

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PMID18338228
PMCPMC2311385

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