molecular modeling definitions

[Boyd <boyd -8 at 8- chem.iupui.edu>]

 CCLers:
 	Regarding the recent flurry of interest in what constitutes molecular
 modeling, several definitions have been suggested over the last 15+ years.
 	I have seen definitions as narrow as: "Molecular mechanics combined with
 computer graphics" to as broad as: "Virtually anything which is done
 to
 depict, describe, or evaluate any aspect of the properties or structure of a
 molecule that requires the use of a computer".
 	As I have pointed out in the prefaces and appendices of several volumes of
 "Reviews in Computational Chemistry", the terms computational
 chemistry and
 molecular modeling continue to be used interchangeably by many people,
 although others like to make a distinction.
 	I would be interested in literature references where other definitions of
 molecular modeling and computational chemistry have been offered.
 Thanks,  Don
 Donald B. Boyd, Ph.D.
 Research Professor of Chemistry
 Editor, REVIEWS IN COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
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