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Visualization of Multi-Property Landscapes for Compound Selection and Optimization
Abstract
Compound optimization generally requires considering multiple properties in concert and reaching a balance between them. Computationally, this process can be supported by multi-objective optimization methods that produce numerical solutions to an optimization task. Since a variety of comparable multi-property solutions are usually obtained further prioritization is required. However, the underlying multi-dimensional property spaces are typically complex and difficult to rationalize. Herein, an approach is introduced to visualize multi-property landscapes by adapting the concepts of star and parallel coordinates from computer graphics. The visualization method is designed to complement multi-objective compound optimization. We show that visualization makes it possible to further distinguish between numerically equivalent optimization solutions and helps to select drug-like compounds from multi-dimensional property spaces. The visualization methodology is intuitive, applicable to a wide range of chemical optimization problems, and made freely available to the scientific community.
Stichwörter: activity landscapes, Compound optimization, multi-objective optimization, multi-property landscapes, structure-property relationships, Visualization
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Bibtex
@ARTICLE{delaVegadeLeon2015JCAMD,
author = {de la Vega de Leon, Antonio and Kayastha, Shilva and Dimova, Dilyana and Schultz, Thomas and
Bajorath, J{\"u}rgen},
title = {Visualization of Multi-Property Landscapes for Compound Selection and Optimization},
journal = {J. Computer Aided Molecular Design},
year = {2015},
note = {To appear.},
keywords = {activity landscapes, Compound optimization, multi-objective optimization, multi-property landscapes,
structure-property relationships, Visualization},
abstract = {Compound optimization generally requires considering multiple properties in concert and reaching a
balance between them. Computationally, this process can be supported by multi-objective optimization
methods that produce numerical solutions to an optimization task. Since a variety of comparable
multi-property solutions are usually obtained further prioritization is required. However, the
underlying multi-dimensional property spaces are typically complex and difficult to rationalize.
Herein, an approach is introduced to visualize multi-property landscapes by adapting the concepts of
star and parallel coordinates from computer graphics. The visualization method is designed to
complement multi-objective compound optimization. We show that visualization makes it possible to
further distinguish between numerically equivalent optimization solutions and helps to select
drug-like compounds from multi-dimensional property spaces. The visualization methodology is
intuitive, applicable to a wide range of chemical optimization problems, and made freely available
to the scientific community.}
}