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How to do an evaluation: pitfalls and traps

Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The recent literature is replete with papers evaluating computational tools (often those operating on 3D structures) for their performance in a certain set of tasks. Most commonly these papers compare a number of docking tools for their performance in cognate re-docking (pose prediction) and/or virtual screening. Related papers have been published on ligand-based tools: pose prediction by conformer generators and virtual screening using a variety of ligand-based approaches. The reliability of these comparisons is critically affected by a number of factors usually ignored by the authors, including bias in the datasets used in virtual screening, the metrics used to assess performance in virtual screening and pose prediction and errors in crystal structures used.
Institution: OpenEye (Sweden)
Language: English
Subfield: Drug Discovery
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,190
OpenAlex ID: W2058433776
FWCI: 8.069
Cites: 45
Cited by: 172
Related to: 9