Reviews in Computational Chemistry

Volume 10 Reviews in Computational Chemistry Kenny B. Lipkowitz and Donald B. Boyd In This Volume, Several Chapters Share the Theme of Chaos and Randomness. Chapter 1 Shows How Genetic Algorithms Work to Find Global Minima on Complex Response Surfaces; The Many Applications of This Increasingly Popular Tool are Reviewed. Chapter 2 Addresses the Question of Whether Computational Chemistry Can Survive in the New Era of Combinatorial Chemistry; Techniques for Optimal Design of Structure–Activity Relationships and Molecular Diversity are Explained. Chapter 3 Teaches about Phase Space and the Use of Nonlinear Dynamics to Solve Questions in Reaction Dynamics, While Chapter 4 is a Tutorial on Universal Phenomena in the Natural Sciences from the Perspective of Nonlinear Dynamics. Chapter 5 is a History of Pivotal Developments in the Growth of Computational Chemistry in the United Kingdom. –From Reviews of the Series ... An Excellent Source of Background Information as well as of Current Research Studies in Computational Chemistry. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Spis treści:
Genetic Algorithms and Their Use in Chemistry (R. Judson).
Does Combinatorial Chemistry Obviate Computer–Aided Drug Design?
(E. Martin, et al.).
Visualizing Molecular Phase Space: Nonstatistical Effects in Reaction Dynamics (R. Topper).
Computational Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics (R. Larter & K. Showalter).
The Development of Computational Chemistry in the United Kingdom (S. Smith & B. Sutcliffe).
Indexes.

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Volume 10 Reviews in Computational Chemistry Kenny B. Lipkowitz and Donald B. Boyd In This Volume, Several Chapters Share the Theme of Chaos and Randomness. Chapter 1 Shows How Genetic Algorithms Work to Find Global Minima on Complex Response Surfaces; The Many Applications of This Increasingly Popular Tool are Reviewed. Chapter 2 Addresses the Question of Whether Computational Chemistry Can Survive in the New Era of Combinatorial Chemistry; Techniques for Optimal Design of Structure–Activity Relationships and Molecular Diversity are Explained. Chapter 3 Teaches about Phase Space and the Use of Nonlinear Dynamics to Solve Questions in Reaction Dynamics, While Chapter 4 is a Tutorial on Universal Phenomena in the Natural Sciences from the Perspective of Nonlinear Dynamics. Chapter 5 is a History of Pivotal Developments in the Growth of Computational Chemistry in the United Kingdom. –From Reviews of the Series ... An Excellent Source of Background Information as well as of Current Research Studies in Computational Chemistry. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry