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  • 标题:Mereology of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships Models
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  • 作者:Guillermo Restrepo ; Rom Harré
  • 期刊名称:Hyle : International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
  • 印刷版ISSN:1433-5158
  • 出版年度:2015
  • 卷号:21
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:19-38
  • 出版社:HYLE Publications, Karlsruhe and University of Karlsruhe
  • 摘要:In continuing with the research program initiated by Llored and Harré of exploring the part/whole (mereological) discourses of chemistry, we analyse Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) studies, which are widespread approaches for modeling substances’ properties. The study is carried out by analyzing a particular QSAR model, and it is found that different mereologies are needed: from those regarding bulk substances as wholes and molecular entities as parts and to mereologies where the wholes are molecules whose parts are atoms, structured subsets of atoms, nuclei and electronic densities. We suggest a relationship between successful QSAR models and a deep understanding of the mereologies used and the ways they are intertwined. We note that QSAR modelers prefer the mereology of substance-molecule and then discuss how that is related to simplicity and computational capacity. Historical questions are opened, e.g. how the mereologies of substances have changed over time? and why they are mostly oriented toward organic chemistry?
  • 关键词:mereology; Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships; substances; molecules; graphs
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