Table 3. Mean Numbers of Sampled Reactions Required to Obtain Barriers within 1 kcal mol–1 of a Target Value, Averaged over 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%) | 315.27 | 61.21 | 37.31 | 23.98 | 17.32 | 17.99 | 108.56 |
| H2 (75.6%) | 666.45 | 259.33 | 533.93 | 71.69 | 10.34 | 10.93 | 394.23 |
| SN2 (44.1%) | 3053.46 | 1632.69 | 1607.13 | 396.78 | 93.64 | 94.46 | 1157.91 |
| E2 (25.6%) | 2525.61 | 1400.59 | 1818.65 | 515.59 | 168.92 | 184.41 | 1535.06 |