A new system,tutors, for computer-aided molecular design

Computer-aided molecular design by TUTORS (TUTORial System) which is under development, is described. The system is based on two types of process, information reduction and information integration. TUTORS consists of two major subsystems, TUTORS-DB and TUTORS-SG, corresponding to these functions. TUTORS-DB involves management of chemical compound data, molecular modeling and data analysis for structure/activity problems. TUTORS-SG involves generation of candidate structures with the required activity by using the knowledge obtained from TUTORS-DB. The major functions of each subsystem and the approach for practical structure design are discussed.