Flores-Gallegos N. Rényi's divergence as a chemical similarity criterion.
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL CHEMISTRY 2021;
60:239-254. [PMID:
34840396 PMCID:
PMC8607974 DOI:
10.1007/s10910-021-01307-6]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
In this work, a new version of Rényi's divergence is presented. The expression obtained is used as a tool to identify molecules that could share some chemical or structural properties, and a data basis set of 1641 molecules is used in this study. Our results suggest that this new form of Rényi divergence could be a useful tool that will eventually permit complementary studies in which the main goal is to obtain molecules with similar properties.
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