Evolution of Optimal Descriptors: Solved, Unsolved, and Unsoluble Tasks

The quantitative structure - property / activity relationships (qsprs/qsars) analysis of different substances is an important area in mathematical and medicinal chemistry. The evolution and logic of optimal descriptors which are based on the monte carlo technique in the role of a tool of the qspr/qsar analysis is discussed. A group of examples of application of the optimal descriptors which are calculated with the coral software (http://www.insilico.eu/coral) for prediction of physicochemical and biochemical endpoints of potential therapeutical agents are presented. The perspectives and limitations of the optimal descriptors are listed. The attempt of the systematization of the models calculated with the coral software is the aim of this work.