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Mathematical and Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Modern Drug Discovery: A Review.

Agrwal A; Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, India., Kumar R; Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India., Maheshwari S; Department of Applied Sciences, Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, Meerut, India., Sharma M; Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, India., Batra CM; Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, India., Sharma S; Department of Chemistry, GLA University, Mathura, India., Gaur V; Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India.

Drug development research [Drug Dev Res] 2026 Feb; Vol. 87 (1), pp. e70212.

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Publisher: Wiley-Liss Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8204468 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1098-2299 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02724391 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Drug Dev Res Subsets: MEDLINE

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Original Publication: New York : Alan R. Liss, c1981-

Artificial Intelligence* , Drug Discovery*/methods , Models, Theoretical*, Humans ; Drug Development/methods ; Algorithms ; Machine Learning

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Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; drug discovery; machine learning; mathematical modeling; neural network

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