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This editorial examines the challenges QSAR models face due to outliers and activity cliffs, impacting predictive accuracy.

On Outliers and Activity CliffsWhy QSAR Often Disappoints

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Editorial discusses limitations of QSAR models regarding outliers and activity cliffs, suggesting implications for predictions.

This editorial examines the challenges QSAR models face due to outliers and activity cliffs, impacting predictive accuracy.
Analysis of concepts related to QSAR, outliers, and activity cliffs.
Review of published literature on the effectiveness of QSAR models.
Highlights that QSAR often fails to predict activity due to the presence of outliers.
Discusses how activity cliffs complicate the understanding of structure-activity relationships.

Gerald M. Maggiora (2006) studied this question.

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