Table 2. Mean Numbers of Sampled Reactions Required to Obtain Barriers within 1 kcal mol–1 of a Target Value, Averaged over All except the 5 Highest and 5 Lowest Target Values (or 3 Highest and 3 Lowest in the Case of the Dihydrogen Activation Data Set, due to Its Shorter Barrier Range).
| data set (% complete) | random search | local search | guided local | ML (no barr.) | ML search | bayes. opt. | genetic alg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA (100%) | 18.95 | 14.71 | 14.75 | 9.57 | 9.46 | 9.00 | 17.75 |
| H2 (75.6%) | 21.08 | 24.45 | 23.79 | 11.14 | 9.14 | 9.75 | 13.50 |
| SN2 (44.1%) | 257.59 | 106.72 | 87.97 | 52.65 | 33.41 | 35.42 | 128.55 |
| E2 (25.6%) | 211.47 | 113.91 | 147.59 | 92.98 | 70.37 | 86.73 | 160.57 |