title: A Historical Excursus on the Statistical Validation Parameters for QSAR Models: A Clarification Concerning Metrics and Terminology.
abstract: In the last years, external validation of QSAR models was the subject of intensive debate in the scientific literature. Different groups have proposed different metrics to find "the best" parameter to characterize the external predictivity of a QSAR model. This editorial summarizes the history of parameter development for the external QSAR model validation and suggests, once again, the concurrent use of several different metrics to assess the real predictive capability of QSAR models.
authors.affiliation: QSAR Research Unit in Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria , 21100 Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gramatica
authors.affiliation: QSAR Research Unit in Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria , 21100 Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sangion
mesh_terms: D049674:History, 21st Century; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000266:history*