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ArticlePatterns (New York, N.Y.)2023

Improving molecular representation learning with metric learning-enhanced optimal transport.

Fang Wu, Nicolas Courty, Shuting Jin, Stan Z Li

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Article in Patterns (New York, N.Y.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Fang WuSchool of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China.
Nicolas CourtyFrench National Centre for Scientific Research, Southern Brittany University, Lorient, France.
Shuting JinSchool of Informatics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
Stan Z LiSchool of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China.

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Abstract

Training data are usually limited or heterogeneous in many chemical and biological applications. Existing machine learning models for chemistry and materials science fail to consider generalizing beyond training domains. In this article, we develop a novel optimal transport-based algorithm termed MROT to enhance their generalization capability for molecular regression problems. MROT learns a continuous label of the data by measuring a new metric of domain distances and a posterior variance regularization over the transport plan to bridge the chemical domain gap. Among downstream tasks, we consider basic chemical regression tasks in unsupervised and semi-supervised settings, including chemical property prediction and materials adsorption selection. Extensive experiments show that MROT significantly outperforms state-of-the-art models, showing promising potential in accelerating the discovery of new substances with desired properties.

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deep learningdomain adaptationdrug discoverygeometric neural networkmaterials synthesismolecular representation learningoptimal transport

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PMID37123438
PMCPMC10140620

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