Genetic algorithms in chemistry: Success or failure is in the genes

Clifford W. Padgett, Ashraf Saad

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Abstract

In many areas of chemistry there are problems to which genetic algorithms (GA's) can easily be applied. Several chemistry problems in which GA's are used will be examined. Currently they are used mainly for the generation of regression curves, protein folding, structure elucidation, parameterizations, and system optimization. Perhaps it is the GA simplicity and ease of use that has facilitated the widespread use of the soft computing method in chemistry. This paper focuses on how GA's have been modified to solve discipline specific problems in the chemical sciences.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplications of Soft Computing
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Theory to Praxis
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages181-189
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783540896180
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent and Soft Computing
Volume58
ISSN (Print)1867-5662

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