Fuzzy classification and fast rules for refusal in the QSAR problem

A new approach for analyzing the “molecule-descriptor” matrix for the QSAR problem (Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship) based on a fuzzy cluster structure of the learning sample is presented. The ways for generating fast rules for refusing prediction and searching the spikes in the learning sample are described. For this purpose, a special space of descriptors, simple for calculation, is introduced. The ways for optimizing the discriminant function according to fuzzy clustering parameters are examined. Highly predictive models based on the presented approach have been generated. The models are compared, and the efficiency of the described methods is revealed.