title: Decision support systems in drug discovery.
abstract: Decision support systems have been widely used in drug discovery owing to the complexity of data and information involved. In this article, we review both commercially available packages and publicized in-house made systems. All selected systems should be able to handle chemical structures and to organize information for decision makers, more specifically for medicinal chemists. Although we do not rank these system, pros and cons of these systems will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc, 1041 Route 202-206, P.O. Box 6800, Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0800, USA. jian.shen@aventis.com.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Valery
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Polyakov
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rachapudi
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management / Q000592:standards; D015195:Drug Design; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards