The flexible alignment of molecular structures using simulated annealing with weighted Lagrangian multipliers

John W Raymond1, Daniel D Holsworth, Mehran Jalaie

  • 1Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.

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