Similarity searching in files of three-dimensional chemical structures: Evaluation of the EVA descriptor and combination of rankings using data fusion

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-37

  Ginn, Claire M R ^a   Turner, David B ^a   Willett, Peter ^a   Ferguson, Allan M ^b   Heritage, Trevor W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRIPOS INC   (United States)

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EID: 0003102354     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci960466u     Document Type: Review

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