Descriptors API

API

class ccdc.descriptors.MolecularDescriptors[source]

Namespace for descriptors of a molecular nature.

class AdjacencyMatrixDescriptorCalculator(molecule)[source]

Descriptor calculator for descriptors based on a molecule’s adjacency matrix.

self_returning_walk(k)[source]

Return the number of walks of length k that start and end at the same atom. See Handbook of Molecular Descriptors, page 384, “self-returning walk counts”.

Parameters:k – the number of steps to walk.
Returns:float
self_returning_walk_ln(k)[source]

Return the logarithm of the number of walks of length k that start and end at the same atom. See Handbook of Molecular Descriptors, page 384, “self-returning walk counts”.

Parameters:k – the number of steps to walk.
Returns:float
topological_charge_autocorrelation_index(k)[source]

Calculate the topological charge autocorrelation index See https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ci00019a008

Parameters:k – the topological distance to measure across
Returns:float
class AtomDistanceSearch(molecule)[source]

More rapid searching for atoms within a certain distance of a point.

atoms_within_range(point, radius)[source]

A tuple of all atoms within the given radius of the given point.

class AtomPairDistanceDescriptorCalculator(molecule)[source]

Atom pair distance descriptor calculations.

Parameters:molecule – a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance.
element_pair_count(element_a, element_b, distance)[source]

Return a count of the number of times a pair of elements appear with a specified minimum path length. See Handbook of Molecular Descriptors, page 428, “substructure descriptors, atom pairs”.

Parameters:
  • element_a – str. the first element name.
  • element_b – str. the second element name.
  • distance – int. the number of bonds between atoms of the specified the elements.
Returns:

float
class ConnectivityIndices(molecule)[source]

Connectivitiy index descriptor calculations.

average_connectivity_index(m)[source]

Return the average connectivity index of mth order. See Handbook of Molecular Descriptors, page 85, “connectivity indices”.

Parameters:m – the path length evaluated.
Returns:float
connectivity_index(m)[source]

Return the connectivity index of mth order. See Handbook of Molecular Descriptors, page 85, “connectivity indices”.

Parameters:m – the path length evaluated.
Returns:float
class MaximumCommonSubstructure(settings=None)[source]

Identifies the maximum common substructure of two molecules.

class Settings[source]

Settings for the MCS calculation.

check_bond_count

Whether the bond count of an atom be checked.

check_bond_polymeric

Check whether the bond be polymeric.

check_bond_type

Whether the bond type be checked.

check_charge

Whether the atom charge be checked.

check_element

Whether the element be checked.

check_hydrogen_count

Whether the atom’s hydrogen count be checked.

connected

Whether substructure should be connected.

Note that finding disconnected maximal substructures is a lot slower than finding connected.

ignore_hydrogens

Whether the hydrogens be ignored.

search(mol1, mol2, only_edges=False)[source]

Calculate the maximum common substructure between two molecules.

Parameters:
  • mol2 (mol1,) – ccdc.molecule.Molecule instances.
  • only_edges – bool. The search will find a maximal common substructure matching only the edges.
Returns:

a pair of tuples, giving matched ccdc.molecule.Atom and ccdc.molecule.Bond instances.

Note: this function is computationally exponential, so will take a long time on large molecules.

class PrincipleAxesAlignedBox(molecule)[source]

The bounding box of the molecule aligned on its principle axes.

The vectors of the box have lengths of the size of the box. The x_vector is the major axis of the molecule, the y_vector the minor axis and the z_vector the minimal axis of the molecule.

aligned_molecule

The molecule aligned along its principle axes, with centre at its centre of geometry.

volume

The volume of the box.

x_vector

The vector of the major axis of the box.

y_vector

The vector of the minor axis of the box.

z_vector

The vector of the minimal axis of the box.

static atom_angle(a, b, c)[source]

Angle subtended by three arbitrary atoms.

Parameters:
Returns:

float - the angle in degrees or None if one of the atoms has no coordinates
static atom_centroid(*atoms)[source]

Define the centroid of the specified atoms.

static atom_distance(a, b)[source]

Distance between two atom irrespective their parent molecules.

Parameters:
Returns:

float or None if one of the atoms has no coordinates
static atom_plane(*atoms)[source]

Define a plane from the coordinates of the atoms.

Parameters:atoms – there must be at least three ccdc.molecule.Atom in the arguments.
static atom_torsion_angle(a, b, c, d)[source]

Plane angle subtended by the triples abc and bcd.

Parameters:
Returns:

float - the angle in degrees or None if one of the atoms has no coordinates
static atom_vector(atom0, atom1)[source]

Define the vector from atom0 to atom1.

Parameters:
Returns:

GeometricDescriptors.Vector
Raises:

RuntimeError if either atom has no coordinates.
static bond_length(bond)[source]

The length of a bond.

Parameters:bond – ccdc.molecule.Bond
Returns:float, or None if an atom of the bond has no coordinates
static overlay(mol1, mol2, atoms=None, invert=False, rotate_torsions=False, with_symmetry=True)[source]

Overlay mol2 on mol1.

Parameters:
  • mol1 – a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance
  • mol2 – a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance
  • atoms – a list of pairs of atoms to use in the overlay, or None for all atoms to be used
  • invert – allow inversions in the overlay
  • rotate_torsions – allow torsional rotations when overlaying
  • with_symmetry – take account of symmetry when overlaying atoms
Returns:

a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance which is a copy of mol2 overlaid on mol1

Note: if with_symmetry is true, and matching atoms are provided, then the matching atoms need to form a connected structure.

static overlay_rmsd_and_rmsd_tanimoto(mol1, mol2, atoms=None, invert=False, rotate_torsions=False, with_symmetry=True)[source]

Overlay mol2 on mol1. Deprecated and replaced with ccdc.MolecularDescriptors.overlay_rmsds_and_transformation().

Parameters:
  • mol1 – a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance
  • mol2 – a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance
  • atoms – a list of pairs of atoms to use in the overlay, or None for all atoms to be used
  • invert – allow inversions in the overlay
  • rotate_torsions – allow torsional rotations when overlaying
  • with_symmetry – take account of symmetry when overlaying atoms
Returns:

a tuple containing a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance which is a copy of mol2 overlaid on mol1 as entry 0, the rmsd as entry 1, the Tanimoto rmsd as entry 2
static overlay_rmsds_and_transformation(mol1, mol2, atoms=None, invert=False, rotate_torsions=False, with_symmetry=True)[source]

Overlay mol2 on mol1 and return properties of the overlay.

Parameters:
  • mol1 – a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance
  • mol2 – a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance
  • atoms – a list of pairs of atoms to use in the overlay, or None for all atoms to be used
  • invert – allow inversions in the overlay
  • rotate_torsions – allow torsional rotations when overlaying
  • with_symmetry – take account of symmetry when overlaying atoms
Returns:

a tuple containing a ccdc.molecule.Molecule instance which is a copy of mol2 overlaid on mol1 as entry 0, the rmsd as entry 1, the Tanimoto rmsd as entry 2 and the overlay transformation as entry 3
static point_group_analysis(mol)[source]

Return Schoenflies notation of the point group symmetry of a molecule.

The point group symmetry is returned as a tuple of:

  • order (e.g. 1)
  • symbol (e.g. ‘C1’)
  • description (e.g. ‘Objects in this point group have no symmetry.’)
Parameters:mol – ccdc.molecule.Molecule
Returns:(int, str, str)
static ring_centroid(ring)[source]

The centroid of the ring’s atoms.

Parameters:ring – ccdc.molecule.Molecule.Ring
static ring_plane(ring)[source]

The plane of the ring’s atoms.

Parameters:ring – ccdc.molecule.Molecule.Ring
static rmsd(mol1, mol2, atoms=None, overlay=False, exclude_hydrogens=True, with_symmetry=True)[source]

Return the RMSD of two molecules.

Both molecules should have the same atoms if atoms is None.

Parameters:
  • atoms – a list of pairs ccdc.molecule.Atom or None
  • overlay – Whether to overlay the molecules before calculating RMSD
  • exclude_hydrogens – Whether all-atom or heavy atom RMSD should be calculated
  • with_symmetry – Whether to allow symmetrical matches
Returns:

float
class ccdc.descriptors.GeometricDescriptors[source]

A namespace to hold geometric classes and functions.

class Plane(vector, distance, _plane=None)[source]

A plane in 3D.

distance

The distance from the origin of the plane.

static from_points(*points)[source]

Construct a RMS fitted plane from points.

normal

The normal to the plane.

plane_angle(plane)[source]

The angle between the two planes.

plane_distance(plane)[source]

The shortest distance of the plane to another.

plane_vector1

A vector in the plane, normal to the plane’s normal.

plane_vector2

A vector in the plane, normal to both the plane’s normal and the plane’s plane_vector1.

point_distance(point)[source]

The distance of the point to the plane.

vector_angle(vector)[source]

The angle between the plane and the vector.

class Sphere(centre, radius)[source]

A sphere in 3D.

class Vector(x, y, z)[source]

A 3D vector.

cross(other)[source]

Cross product.

dot(other)[source]

Dot product.

static from_points(p0, p1)[source]

Construct the vector from p0 to p1.

Parameters:p1 (p0,) – ccdc.molecule.Coordinates
length

The length of the vector.

static point_angle(p0, p1, p2)[source]

The angle between three points.

static point_distance(p0, p1)[source]

The distance between two points.

static point_torsion_angle(p0, p1, p2, p3)[source]

The torsion angle between four points.

Note

The powder pattern, morphology, hydrogen-bond coordination and graph set features are available only to CSD-Materials and CSD-Enterprise users.

class ccdc.descriptors.CrystalDescriptors[source]

Namespace for crystallographic descriptors.

class GraphSetSearch(settings=None)[source]

Finds the graph sets of a crystal.

class GraphSet(_graph_set_atoms, _view)[source]

An individual graph set.

degree

The degree of the graph set, i.e. the number of atoms involved.

descriptor

The descriptor of the graph set.

edge_labels

The edge labels of the graph set.

The labels are arbitrary letters identifying a unique hydrogen bond, separated by ‘>’ or ‘<’ indicating the donor-acceptor direction.

hbonds

The hydrogen bonds of the graph set.

Returns:a tuple of ccdc.crystal.Crystal.HBond instances.
label_set

The set of hydrogen bond labels found in the graph set.

nacceptors

The number of acceptors involved in the graph set.

ndonors

The number of donors involved in the graph set.

nmolecules

The number of molecules involved in the graph set.

period

The period of the graph set, i.e the number of hydrogen bonds in the repeat unit.

If the type of the graph set is not a chain or a ring this will be -1

class Settings(hbond_criterion=None)[source]

Configurable settings for the graph set analyser.

angle_tolerance

The tolerance of the HBond angle.

distance_range

Allowable distance range for a HBond to be formed.

intermolecular

Whether HBonds should be intermolecular, intramolecular, or any.

level = 2

deepest level to search. This is the number of different HBonds involved.

max_chain_size = 4

longest chain to search

max_discrete_chain_size = 4

longest discrete chain to search

max_ring_size = 6

largest ring to search

path_length_range

The shortest and longest bond-path separation for intramolecular contacts.

require_hydrogens

Whether Hydrogens are required for the HBond.

vdw_corrected

Whether the distance range is Van der Waals corrected.

search(crystal)[source]

Find all graph sets for the crystal subject to the constraints of the settings.

Parameters:crystal – ccdc.crystal.Crystal instance.
Returns:a tuple of ccdc.descriptors.CrystalDescriptors.GraphSetSearch.GraphSet instances.
class HBondCoordination(settings=None)[source]

Calculate HBond coordination predictions.

The HBondCoordination class is available only to CSD-Materials and CSD-Enterprise users.

class Predictions(crystal, _analysis, _predictions)[source]

The predictions for HBonds coordinations.

class Observation(label, coordination_count, probability)
coordination_count

Alias for field number 1

label

Alias for field number 0

probability

Alias for field number 2

functional_groups_of_hbond(hbond)[source]

The functional group pertaining to a hydrogen-bonding atom.

is_valid

Whether or not valid predictions were made.

observed

The predicted probabilities of observed HBonds.

predictions_for_label(label, type='donor')[source]

All the predictions for the atom.

Returns:a pair: observed hbond coordination number, dictionary with key, hbond coordination number, value, predicted probability.
to_csv(separator=', ')[source]

Format the predictions suitable for a csv file.

Parameters:separator – a separation string, or None.
Returns:if separator is None a tuple of lists of components, otherwise a separated string of components.
class Settings[source]

Settings pertaining to the calculation of coordination predictions.

coordination_models_path

The directory in which the coordination models may be found.

predict(crystal)[source]

Calculate HBond coordination likelihoods for the crystal.

Returns:a ccdc.hbond_coordination.CrystalDescriptors.HBondCoordination.Predictions instance.
class HBondPropensities(settings=None)[source]

Calculates HBond propensities.

class FittingData(_fitting_data=None, identifiers=None, databases=None)[source]

The collection of entries used for the prediction.

class FittingDataEntry(_fitting_item)[source]

An individual entry with associated matching data.

identifier

The identifier of the fitting data item.

advice_comment(functional_group=None)[source]

A string indicating whether or not there are enough data for propensity predictions.

Note: when first made the fitting data has not performed substructure matching, so results for particular groups will be inappropriately bad. Results will be valid after ccdc.hbond_coordination.CrystalDescriptors.HBondPropensities.match_fitting_data() has been called.

static from_file(file_name, databases)[source]

Reads fitting data from a file.

nitems(functional_group=None)[source]

How many items there are representing the functional group.

write(file_name)[source]

Writes the fitting data to a file.

class FunctionalGroup(_model_group)[source]

A functional group capable of hydrogen bonding.

identifier

The name of the functional group.

matches(molecule)[source]

The substructure search matches of the functional group.

class HBond(hbp, _outcome)[source]

A putative HBond in the propensity calculation.

class HBondAcceptor(_analysis)[source]

A potental acceptor atom.

This class will be augmented with the evidence found during match_fitting_data().

acceptor_atom_type

A string representation of the atom’s acceptor type.

class HBondAtom(_analysis)[source]

Base class for HBondDonor and HBondAcceptor.

accessible_surface_area

The accessible surface area of the HBond atom.

atom

The ccdc.molecule.Atom of the HBondAtom.

functional_group_identifier

The identifier of the functional group for this atom.

identifier

The full identifier of this atom.

label

The label of the atom in the original structure.

nlone_pairs

The number of lone pairs associated with this atom.

class HBondDonor(_analysis)[source]

A potential donor atom.

This class will be augmented with the evidence found during match_fitting_data().

donor_atom_type

A string representation of the atom’s donor type.

class HBondGrouping(hbond_propensities, _outcome)[source]

A grouping of interactions between donors and acceptors representing a possible hbond network.

This represents a point in the chart of Mercury’s HBondPropensity wizard.

class InterPropensity(hbp, _prediction)[source]

Predicted propensity for a single HBond.

is_intermolecular

Whether or not the predicted propensity is for an intermolecular HBond.

class IntraPropensity(hbp, _prediction)[source]

Predicted propensity for an intramolecular HBond.

is_intermolecular

Whether or not the predicted propensity is for an intermolecular HBond.

class Model(_model)[source]

The logistic regression model.

class Coefficient(_coefficient)[source]

A coefficient of the regression model.

confidence_interval

The upper and lower bounds of the coefficient.

estimate

The estimate of the coefficient.

identifier

The identifier of the coefficient.

is_baseline

Whether or not the coefficient is used for the baseline calculation.

p_value

P-value of the coefficient.

significance_code

A string representation of how significant the parameter is.

‘*’ for P-value < 0.01, ‘’ < 0.01. ‘*’ < 0.05 and ‘.’ < 0.1

standard_error

Standard error of the coefficient.

z_value

Z-value of the coefficient.

class Parameter(_crystal_structure_property)[source]

A named parameter of the regression.

calculate(donor, acceptor)[source]

The value of this property for the pair of atoms.

Parameters:
  • donor – ccdc.hbond_coordination.CrystalDescriptors.HBondPropensities.HBondDonor instance.
  • acceptor – ccdc.hbond_coordination.CrystalDescriptors.HBondPropensities.HBondAcceptor instance.
Returns:

float
identifier

The identifier of the parameter.

advice_comment

A string representing the quality of the discrimination based on the ROC.

akaike_information_criterion

The Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) of the model.

area_under_roc_curve

Area under the ROC curve.

coefficients

The coefficients of the model.

equation

The regression equation.

log_likelihood

The log likelihood of the model.

log_likelihood_test_p_value

The P-value of the log likelihood of the model.

null_deviance

The null deviance of the model.

null_deviance_degrees_of_freedom

The degrees of freedom of the null deviance of the model.

residual_deviance

The residual deviance of the model.

residual_deviance_degrees_of_freedom

The number of degrees of freedom of the residual deviance of the model.

class Propensity(hbp, _prediction)[source]

Base class for inter- and intra-molecular propensity predictions.

acceptor_label

The label of the acceptor atom.

bounds

The lower and upper bounds of the prediction.

donor_label

The label of the donor atom.

is_observed

Whether the hbond is observed in the target structure.

predictive_error

The error in the prediction.

propensity

The predicted value.

scores

The calculated values and statistics for the hbond prediction.

uncertainty

The uncertainty in the prediction.

class Settings[source]

Pertaining to HBond propensity calculation.

databases

The databases to be used for the prediction.

Note: the databases MUST be SQLite ASER databases for the moment.

limit_identifier_list

A list of identifiers to limit the search

working_directory

The working directory for the predictions.

analyse_fitting_data()[source]

Perform a hydrogen bond analysis of the fitting data.

calculate_propensities(crystal=None)[source]

Apply the regression equation to a crystal.

Parameters:crystal – ccdc.crystal.Crystal instance or None. If None the target structure will be used.
fitting_data

The fitting data.

generate_hbond_groupings(min_donor_prob=None, min_acceptor_prob=None)[source]

Generate all possible permutations of donors and acceptors to create all possible hbond groupings.

hbond_atoms(crystal=None)[source]

The HBondDonor and HBondAcceptor atoms of a crystal.

Parameters:crystal – ccdc.crystal.Crystal instance, or None, in which case the HBondAtoms of the target will be returned.
Returns:a pair of tuples of ccdc.descriptors.CrystalDescriptors.HBondPropensities.HBondDonor and ccdc.descriptors.CrystalDescriptors.HBondPropensities.HBondAcceptor.
make_fitting_data()[source]

Deprecated method. Please use match_fitting_data or use CrystalDescriptors.HBondPropensities.FittingData.from_file to limit the entries that are searched

returns an object that will cause all of the database entries to be searched

match_fitting_data(count=None, verbose=False)[source]

Reduces fitting data down such that each functional group has at least the specified number of examples.

perform_regression()[source]

Performs the logistic regression.

propensities

The inter- and intra-propensities of the prediction.

set_target(crystal)[source]

Sets a single target for the propensity calculation.

Parameters:crystal – a ccdc.crystal.Crystal instance.
show_fitting_data_counts(data=None)[source]

Shows the matched counts for each functional group.

target_hbond_grouping()[source]

Which of the hbond groupings is of the target structure.

class Morphology(crystal=None)[source]

The BFDH morphology of a crystal.

The morphology class is available only to CSD-Materials and CSD-Enterprise users.

class Facet(_facet, _perpendicular_distance, _miller_indices)[source]

One of the faces of a morphology.

area

The area of the polygon.

centre_of_geometry

The centre of geometry of the facet.

coordinates

The coordinates of the facet.

edges

The edges making up the facet.

miller_indices

The Miller indices of the facet.

perpendicular_distance

The perpendicular distance from the origin.

plane

The plane of the facet.

This is a ccdc.descriptors.GeometricDescriptors.Plane instance.

class OrientedBoundingBox(morphology)[source]

The bounding box of the morphology.

This box is not necessarily axis-aligned.

corners

The eight points forming the corners of the bounding box.

major_length

The length of the major axis.

median_length

The length of the middle axis.

minor_length

The minor axis of the bounding box.

volume

The volume of the bounding box.

bounding_box

The bounding box of the morphology.

A pair of ccdc.molecule.Coordinates representing the minimum and maximum corners of the box.

centre_of_geometry

The centroid of the morphology.

facets

The faces making up the morphology.

static from_file(file_name)[source]

Creates a Morphology instance from a cif file.

The CIF file should be those written by this class or mercury.

static from_growth_rates(crystal, growth_rates)[source]

Creates a morphology from an iterable of growth rates.

Parameters:
oriented_bounding_box

The minimum volume box of the morphology.

This will not necessarily be aligned to the orthonormal cartesian axes.

relative_area(miller_indices)[source]

Or morphological importance?

scale_factor

The factor by which the morphology is scaled.

volume

The volume of the morphology.

This is calculated stochastically, rather than analytically, so has some error.

write(file_name, keep_all_indices=False)[source]

Write this morphology to CIF file.

class PowderPattern(_pattern, _settings=None, _simulation=None, _crystal=None)[source]

Represents a powder pattern.

The powder pattern class is available only to CSD-Materials and
CSD-Enterprise users.
class Settings[source]

Settings which may be set for a Powder simulation.

Setting None for any of the attributes will result in a default value being used.

deuterium_is_hydrogen = None

Whether deuterium and hydrogen are indistinguishable.

full_width_at_half_maximum = None

Peak width at half height (0.1).

include_hydrogens = None

Whether to include hydrogens.

second_wavelength = None

Optional second wavelength.

two_theta_maximum = None

Maximum value of two_theta (50.0).

two_theta_minimum = None

Minimum value of two_theta (5.0).

two_theta_step = None

Step size (0.02).

wavelength = None

Wavelength for the simulation.

class TickMark(_tick, _crystal=None)[source]

A tick mark in a simulated powder pattern.

is_systematically_absent

Whether this tick mark is systematically absent.

miller_indices

The Miller indices of this tick mark.

two_theta

Two theta value of this tick.

class Wavelength(wavelength=None, scale_factor=1.0)[source]

Represents a wavelength for powder studies.

Some standard wavelengths - these are floats, not ccdc.descriptors.CrystalDescriptors.PowderPattern.Wavelength

scale_factor

The scale factor of this Wavelength.

wavelength

The wavelength.

esd

The array of esd values (Estimated Square Deviations).

static from_crystal(crystal, settings=None)[source]

Create a CrystalDescriptors.PowderPattern from a crystal.

Parameters:
static from_xye_file(file_name)[source]

Create a CrystalDescriptors.PowderPattern from an xye file.

Parameters:file_name – path to xye file
integral(start=0.0, end=180.0)[source]

The area under the curve.

Parameters:
  • start – float
  • end – float
Returns:

float
intensity

The array of intensity values.

similarity(other)[source]

Measure of match between this pattern and another.

Parameters:other – ccdc.descriptors.CrystalDescriptors.PowderPattern
Returns:float
tick_marks

The array of tick marks if this is a simulated powder pattern.

Returns:list of ccdc.descriptors.CrystalDescriptors.PowderPattern.TickMark or None if this is not a simulated powder pattern.
two_theta

The array of two_theta values.

write_raw_file(file_name)[source]

Write a Bruker .raw file.

Parameters:file_name – output file name
write_xye_file(file_name)[source]

Write a .xye format file.

Parameters:file_name – output file name
class ccdc.descriptors.StatisticalDescriptors[source]

A namespace holding statistical descriptors.

class RankStatistics(scores, activity_column=None)[source]

Represents a ranked collection of values for which statistics can be derived.

ACC(fraction=0.0)[source]

Calculate accuracy metric (ACC) at the specified fraction.

ACC = (TP+TN) / (TP+FP+TN+FN)

Parameters:fraction – position within data for which accuracy metric is to be determined.
Raises:ValueError if fraction is not within interval [0,1]
AUC()[source]

Calculate the area under the ROC curve.

Returns:Area under the ROC curve.
BEDROC(alpha=0.0)[source]

Calculate Boltzmann-Enhanced Discrimination of ROC (BEDROC) as defined in:

Truchon J., Bayly C.I., “Evaluating Virtual Screening Methods: Good and Bad Metric for the “Early Recognition” Problem” J. Chem. Inf. Model. 47:488-508 (2007).

Parameters:alpha – exponential weighting factor.
Raises:ValueError if alpha is less than or equal to 0.0.
EF(fraction=0.0)[source]

Calculate enrichment factor (EF) at the specified fraction.

Parameters:fraction – position within data for which enrichment factor is to be determined.
Raises:ValueError if fraction is not within interval [0,1]
PPV(fraction=0.0)[source]

Calculate precision or positive predictive value (PPV) at the specified fraction.

Parameters:fraction – position within data for which precision is to be determined.
Raises:ValueError if fraction is not within interval [0,1]
RIE(alpha=0.0)[source]

Calculate robust initial enhancement (RIE) as defined in:

Sheridan R.P., Singh S.B., Fluder E.M., Kearsley S.K., “Protocols for Bridging the Peptide to Nonpeptide Gap in Topological Similarity Searches” J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci. 41:1395-1406 (2001).

Parameters:alpha – exponential weighting factor
Raises:ValueError if alpha is less than or equal to 0.0
ROC()[source]

Calculate receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.

Returns:list, list - True positive rate, False positive rate
activity_column

Get extractor for active/inactive classification from scores data.