Chemoinformatics: A history

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-56

  Willett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MOLECULES; CHEMOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED; MOLECULAR DIVERSITY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SIMILARITY SEARCHING; STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION; THREE DIMENSIONS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; EXPERT SYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870026582     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1     Document Type: Article

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