Search Strategies for the Task of Organic Chemical Synthesis

A computer program has been w r i t t e n tha t success­ f u l l y discovers syntheses fo r complex organic chemical moleculeB. The d e f i n i t i o n of the search space and s t ra teg ies f o r h e u r i s t i c search are described in t h i s paper. I t i s not growing l i k e a t ree . . . . . . I n small proport ions we j u s t beauties see;