On the recognition of structural features: Some general problems illustrated by hamiltonian paths in polyhexes

Journal of Mathematical Chemistry - Tập 8 - Trang 77-87 - 1991
E. C. Kirby1
1Resource Use Institute, Scotland, UK

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Human and machine recognition skills are discussed, though not comprehensively reviewed, and some of the difficulties are illustrated by algorithms written to search for Hamiltonian paths in polyhexes. The most successful strategy for this is based upon the “branching graph”, a recently introduced graph-theoretical device which can aid the recognition of edges that arenot part of a Hamiltonian path. Another, more widely applicable approach that is interesting, although in this preliminary form only a little better than random methods, uses the metaphor of biological evolution, and tries to “breed” and “grow” paths subjected to “natural selection”.

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