This talk presents the background development of the field now called Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR). The major methods (additivity model, multiple parameter analysis, substructural analysis, and pattern recognition) are briefly illustrated by examples of equations or results. A historical approach is used, and leaders in the various methodologies are identified.
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