Accession Number:

AD0770610

Title:

Search Strategies for the Task of Organic Chemical Synthesis

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Sridharan, N. S.

Report Date:

1973-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

A computer program has been written that successfully discovers syntheses for complex organic chemical molecules. The definition of the search space and strategies for heuristic search are described in the paper.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• *SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY)
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• HEURISTIC METHODS
• ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• SEARCHING

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE