Fréchet ChemNet Distance: A Metric for Generative Models for Molecules in Drug Discovery

Kristina Preuer, Philipp Renz, Thomas Unterthiner, Sepp Hochreiter, Günter Klambauer

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Abstract

The new wave of successful generative models in machine learning has increased the interest in deep learning driven de novo drug design. However, method comparison is difficult because of various flaws of the currently employed evaluation metrics. We propose an evaluation metric for generative models called Fréchet ChemNet distance (FCD). The advantage of the FCD over previous metrics is that it can detect whether generated molecules are diverse and have similar chemical and biological properties as real molecules.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Chemical Information and Modeling
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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  • 303 Health Sciences
  • 304 Medical Biotechnology
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  • 102 Computer Sciences
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  • 102004 Bioinformatics
  • 102010 Database systems
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  • 106007 Biostatistics
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  • 301 Medical-Theoretical Sciences, Pharmacy
  • 302 Clinical Medicine

JKU Focus areas

  • Computation in Informatics and Mathematics
  • Nano-, Bio- and Polymer-Systems: From Structure to Function
  • Medical Sciences (in general)
  • Health System Research
  • Clinical Research on Aging

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