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Table 7 Number of scoring function calls needed to reach the target molecules of five different complexity levels

From: Individual and collective human intelligence in drug design: evaluating the search strategy

Complexity level

Number of scoring function calls to reach the target molecule

lstm_smiles

Human individual

Human collective

L1

132,838

3614

1956

L2

132,846

–a

4271

L3

138,209

–a

5404

L4

139,221

–a

4591

L5

140,339

–a

12,118

  1. Human individual design results are only reported for the experiment where participants reached the target molecule
  2. aTarget molecule not reached