Textual and chemical information processing: different domains but similar algorithms

This paper discusses the extent to which algorithms developed for the processing of textual databases are also applicable to the processing of chemical structure databases, and <I>vice</i> <i>versa</i>. Applications discussed include: an algorithm for distribution sorting tha...

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Main Author: Peter Willett
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Language:English
Published: University of Borås 2000-01-01
Series:Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
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description This paper discusses the extent to which algorithms developed for the processing of textual databases are also applicable to the processing of chemical structure databases, and <I>vice</i> <i>versa</i>. Applications discussed include: an algorithm for distribution sorting that has been applied to the design of screening systems for rapid chemical substructure searching; the use of measures of inter-molecular structural similarity for the analysis of hypertext graphs; a genetic algorithm for calculating term weights for relevance feedback searching for determining whether a molecule is likely to exhibit biological activity; and the use of data fusion to combine the results of different chemical similarity searches.
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spelling doaj-art-45bd6ee904b04acb8119478b36fbe4682025-02-02T05:05:59ZengUniversity of BoråsInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal1368-16132000-01-015269Textual and chemical information processing: different domains but similar algorithmsPeter WillettThis paper discusses the extent to which algorithms developed for the processing of textual databases are also applicable to the processing of chemical structure databases, and <I>vice</i> <i>versa</i>. Applications discussed include: an algorithm for distribution sorting that has been applied to the design of screening systems for rapid chemical substructure searching; the use of measures of inter-molecular structural similarity for the analysis of hypertext graphs; a genetic algorithm for calculating term weights for relevance feedback searching for determining whether a molecule is likely to exhibit biological activity; and the use of data fusion to combine the results of different chemical similarity searches.http://informationr.net/ir/5-2/paper69.htmlinformation retrievalchemical structurestext retrievalscreening systemsweightingbiological activitytextual retrievaltext databases
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Textual and chemical information processing: different domains but similar algorithms
Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
information retrieval
chemical structures
text retrieval
screening systems
weighting
biological activity
textual retrieval
text databases
title Textual and chemical information processing: different domains but similar algorithms
title_full Textual and chemical information processing: different domains but similar algorithms
title_fullStr Textual and chemical information processing: different domains but similar algorithms
title_full_unstemmed Textual and chemical information processing: different domains but similar algorithms
title_short Textual and chemical information processing: different domains but similar algorithms
title_sort textual and chemical information processing different domains but similar algorithms
topic information retrieval
chemical structures
text retrieval
screening systems
weighting
biological activity
textual retrieval
text databases
url http://informationr.net/ir/5-2/paper69.html
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