… Computing the global minimum of this function is very difficult … may grow exponentially with
molecule size. The optimization … form a convex quadratic global underestimating function for …

… The CGU method searches for the globally optimal lowest energy conformation cPG. Our
approach involves the construction of a convex function which underestimates all known local …

… of a molecule through the identification of the global minimum point of … underestimate the
original nonconvex total potential energy function with a convex function whose single global …

… (convex global underestimator) global optimization method is used to predict the minimum
energy structures, … serves as a basis for another quadratic underestimation over the reduced …

… global minima energy value EG, then this region is deleted from the data structure; if not,
then the underestimation … global optimization in molecular structure prediction,” Eur. J. Oper. …

… structure of small protein-like molecules. This method begins by collecting a large number of
molecular … used to form a convex quadratic global underestimating function for the potential …

… an adaptive underestimation model is designed on the basis of the abstract convexity theory
[… of proteins is essential to understand the function of the molecules and to design new drugs …

… be applied to any constrained optimization problem to search for a global minimum although
in this work we only test its effectiveness in solving molecular structure estimation problems. …

… We presented a method for computing a convex quadratic function that underestimates a
set of points for determining the global … Molecular structure determination by convex global …

… molecular structure prediction. Deterministic global optimization algorithms can proceed to
determine … minimizing the maximum underestimation error, the following convex NLP gives an …