Molecular descriptors

Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 29-102

  Consonni, Viviana ^a   Todeschini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation descriptors; Geometrical descriptors; Molecular representation; Topological indexes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073146818     PISSN: 25424491     EISSN: 25424483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9783-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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