org.openscience.cdk.qsar.descriptors.molecular

Class EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor

java.lang.Object

org.openscience.cdk.qsar.AbstractMolecularDescriptor

org.openscience.cdk.qsar.descriptors.molecular.EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

IDescriptor, IMolecularDescriptor

public class EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor
extends AbstractMolecularDescriptor
implements IMolecularDescriptor

A topological descriptor combining distance and adjacency information. This descriptor is described by Sharma et al. ( Sharma, V. et. al.. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. 1997. 37) and has been shown to correlate well with a number of physical properties. The descriptor is also reported to have good discriminatory ability.

The eccentric connectivity index for a hydrogen supressed molecular graph is given by the expression

\xi^{c} = \sum_{i = 1}{n} E(i) V(i) where E(i) is the eccentricity of the i^th atom (path length from the i^th atom to the atom farthest from it) and V(i) is the vertex degree of the i^th atom.

Parameters for this descriptor:

Name	Default	Description
		no parameters

Returns a single value with name ECCEN

Author:

Rajarshi Guha

Dictionary pointer(s):

eccentricConnectivityIndex in the QSAR.sf.net Descriptors Dictionary [qsar-descriptors:eccentricConnectivityIndex]

Source code:

master

Belongs to CDK module:

qsarmolecular

Created on:

2005-03-19

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DescriptorValue	calculate(IAtomContainer container) Calculates the eccentric connectivity
String[]	getDescriptorNames() Returns an array of names for each descriptor value calculated.
IDescriptorResult	getDescriptorResultType() Returns the specific type of the DescriptorResult object.
String[]	getParameterNames() Gets the parameterNames attribute of the EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor object
Object[]	getParameters() Gets the parameters attribute of the EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor object
Object	getParameterType(String name) Gets the parameterType attribute of the EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor object
DescriptorSpecification	getSpecification() Returns a IImplementationSpecification which specifies which descriptor is implemented by this class.
void	initialise(IChemObjectBuilder builder) Default implementation of initialise allows optional override.
void	setParameters(Object[] params) Sets the parameters attribute of the EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor object

Methods inherited from class org.openscience.cdk.qsar.AbstractMolecularDescriptor

clone

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.openscience.cdk.qsar.IDescriptor

initialise

Constructor Detail

EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor

public EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor()

Method Detail

getSpecification

public DescriptorSpecification getSpecification()

Description copied from interface: IDescriptor

Returns a IImplementationSpecification which specifies which descriptor is implemented by this class. These fields are used in the map:

• Specification-Reference: refers to an entry in a unique dictionary
• Implementation-Title: anything
• Implementation-Identifier: a unique identifier for this version of this class
• Implementation-Vendor: CDK, JOELib, or anything else

Specified by:

getSpecification in interface IDescriptor

Returns:

An object containing the descriptor specification

setParameters

public void setParameters(Object[] params)
                   throws CDKException

Sets the parameters attribute of the EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor object

Specified by:

setParameters in interface IDescriptor

Parameters:

params - The new parameters value

Throws:

CDKException - Description of the Exception

See Also:

IDescriptor.getParameters()

getParameters

public Object[] getParameters()

Gets the parameters attribute of the EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor object

Specified by:

getParameters in interface IDescriptor

Returns:

The parameters value

See Also:

IDescriptor.setParameters(java.lang.Object[])

getDescriptorNames

public String[] getDescriptorNames()

Description copied from interface: IDescriptor

Returns an array of names for each descriptor value calculated. Many descriptors return multiple values. In general it is useful for the descriptor to indicate the names for each value. In many cases, these names can be as simple as X1, X2, ..., XN where X is a prefix and 1, 2, ..., N are the indices. On the other hand it is also possible to return other arbitrary names, which should be documented in the Javadocs for the descriptor (e.g., the CPSA descriptor). Note that by default if a descriptor returns a single value (such as ALOGPDescriptor the return array will have a single element

Specified by:

getDescriptorNames in interface IDescriptor

Returns:

An array of descriptor names, equal in length to the number of descriptor calculated..

getParameterNames

public String[] getParameterNames()

Gets the parameterNames attribute of the EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor object

Specified by:

getParameterNames in interface IDescriptor

Returns:

The parameterNames value

getParameterType

public Object getParameterType(String name)

Gets the parameterType attribute of the EccentricConnectivityIndexDescriptor object

Specified by:

getParameterType in interface IDescriptor

Parameters:

name - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The parameterType value

calculate

public DescriptorValue calculate(IAtomContainer container)

Calculates the eccentric connectivity

Specified by:

calculate in interface IMolecularDescriptor

Parameters:

container - Parameter is the atom container.

Returns:

An IntegerResult value representing the eccentric connectivity index

getDescriptorResultType

public IDescriptorResult getDescriptorResultType()

Returns the specific type of the DescriptorResult object. The return value from this method really indicates what type of result will be obtained from the DescriptorValue object. Note that the same result can be achieved by interrogating the DescriptorValue object; this method allows you to do the same thing, without actually calculating the descriptor.

Specified by:

getDescriptorResultType in interface IMolecularDescriptor

Returns:

an object that implements the IDescriptorResult interface indicating the actual type of values returned by the descriptor in the DescriptorValue object

initialise

public void initialise(IChemObjectBuilder builder)

Default implementation of initialise allows optional override.

Specified by:

initialise in interface IDescriptor

Parameters:

builder - chem object build