Download or read book Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Chemistry written by Lee Cerasale and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local and global approaches covers recent developments in optimization techniques for addressing several computational chemistry and biochemistry and biology problems. The topics covered in this textbook include advances in local and global optimization approaches for molecular dynamics and modeling, distance geometry, protein folding, molecular structure refinement, protein and drug design, and molecular and peptide docking.