Publisher's Synopsis
Based on the authors own work, this book presents a computer-oriented method for the enumeration and generation of certain classes of chemical structures. Founded on the N-tuple representation of a chemical structure, mathematical proof of the generality and uniqueness of the N-tuple structure is given via the lexicographic order.;The criterion of discrimination is the lexicographic maximum, and the authors discuss the acyclic and hexagonal structures. A critical review of the literature accompanies the text, which is well illustrated with block diagrams, computer programmes, and numerous tables containing useful numerical data for the classes of molecules considered.
