Analyzing observed or measured data is an important step in applied sciences. This book provides not only definitions and short descriptions, but also offers an overview of the different topics. It gives 1700 entries in alphabetical order grouped into 20 topics and each topic is organized in a hiera[...]
As every chemist knows, there is a direct (if complex) relationship between the molecular structure of a compound and its chemical behavior. Predicting such behavior is possible by an abstract representation of its structure in terms of chemical similarity parameters, so-called 'descriptors'. These [...]