Toward domain-knowledge-free modeling: bottleneck analysis and outlook for AI in molecular science

Hongbin PEI; Jingxin HAI; Zhewei WEI

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Front. Comput. Sci. ›› 2027, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2) :2102318 DOI: 10.1007/s11704-026-51647-2

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Hongbin PEI, Jingxin HAI, Zhewei WEI. Toward domain-knowledge-free modeling: bottleneck analysis and outlook for AI in molecular science. Front. Comput. Sci., 2027, 21(2): 2102318 DOI:10.1007/s11704-026-51647-2

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