Humana Ecotoxicological QSARs (Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology)

This volume focuses on computational modeling of the ecotoxicity of chemicals and presents applications of quantitative structure–activity relationship models (QSARs) in the predictive toxicology field in a regulatory context. The extensive book covers a variety of protocols for descriptor computation, data curation, feature selection, learning algorithms, validation of models, applicability domain assessment, confidence estimation for predictions, and much more, as well as case studies and literature reviews on a number of hot topics. Written for the Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology series, chapters include the kind of practical advice that is essential for researchers everywhere. Authoritative and comprehensive, Ecotoxicological QSARs is an ideal source to update readers in the field with current practices and introduce to them new developments and should therefore be very useful for researchers in academia, industries, and regulatory bodies. From the Back Cover This volume focuses on computational modeling of the ecotoxicity of chemicals and presents applications of quantitative structure–activity relationship models (QSARs) in the predictive toxicology field in a regulatory context. The extensive book covers a variety of protocols for descriptor computation, data curation, feature selection, learning algorithms, validation of models, applicability domain assessment, confidence estimation for predictions, and much more, as well as case studies and literature reviews on a number of hot topics. Written for the Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology series, chapters include the kind of practical advice that is essential for researchers everywhere. Authoritative and comprehensive, Ecotoxicological QSARs is an ideal source to update readers in the field with current practices and introduce to them new developments and should therefore be very useful for researchers in academia, industries, and regulatory bodies. About the Author Dr. Kunal Roy is a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He has been a recipient of Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship (University of Manchester, 2007) and Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship (University of Manchester, 2013). The fields of his research interest are Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) and Chemometric Modeling with application in Drug Design and Ecotoxicological Modeling. Dr. Roy has published about 300 research articles in refereed journals (current SCOPUS h index 40; SCOPUS Author ID 56962764800). He has also coauthored two QSAR related books (Academic Press and Springer), edited five QSAR books (Springer, Academic Press and IGI Global) and published twelve book chapters. Dr. Roy is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Diversity (Springer Nature) and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships (IGI Global). He also serves in different capacities in the Editorial Boards of several International Journals.