Benchmarking Data Sets For The Evaluation Of Virtual Ligand Screening Methods: Review And Perspectives

Virtual screening methods are commonly used nowadays in ding discovery processes. However, to ensure their reliability, they have to be carefully evaluated. The evaluation of these methods is often realized in a retrospective way, notably by studying the enrichment of benchmarking data sets: TO this purpose, numerous benchmarking data sets were developed over the year, and the resulting improvements, led to the availability of high quality benchmarking data sets. However, some points still have to be considered in the selection-of the active compounds, decoys, and protein structures to obtain optimal benchmarking data sets.