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An application of artificial intelligence to the interpretation of mass spectra.Description of the DENDRAL (Dendritic Algorithm) project, the objectives of which were to base the computer program on an alogorithm that generates an exhaustive, nonredundant list of all the structural isomers of a given chemical composition, and to devise a computer program that would perform an organic structure determination, given a molecular formula and a mass spectrum. This program is called 'Heuristic DENDRAL' and it operates by using the known structure/spectrum correlations to constrain the DENDRAL isomer generator to produce a single isomer for that composition. The collaboration of chemists and computer scientists has produced a tool of some practical utility from the chemical viewpoint, and an interesting program from the viewpoint of artificial intelligence.
Document ID
19720035942
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Collected Works
Authors
Buchanan, B. G.
Duffield, A. M.
(Stanford University Stanford, Calif., United States)
Robertson, A. V.
(Sydney, University Sydney, Australia)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Subject Category
Computers
Accession Number
72A19608
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: ARPA SD-183
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-05-020-004
CONTRACT_GRANT: NIH-AM-04257
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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