As a result of new statistical and mathematical approaches, improved visualization tools, and recognition by international regulatory groups, quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) now play important roles in pharmacology for the design of new drugs as well as in toxicology and ecotoxicology for hazard identification and risk assessm

Jean Pierre Doucet and Annick Panaye are both professors at Universite Denis-Diderot, Paris, France. They have chaired several conferences and published numerous papers.

Actual 3D Models. Around the 3D Approaches. Beyond 3D. Receptor-Related Models. Concluding Remarks. Appendices. References. Index.