AUTHOR=Polykovskiy Daniil , Zhebrak Alexander , Sanchez-Lengeling Benjamin , Golovanov Sergey , Tatanov Oktai , Belyaev Stanislav , Kurbanov Rauf , Artamonov Aleksey , Aladinskiy Vladimir , Veselov Mark , Kadurin Artur , Johansson Simon , Chen Hongming , Nikolenko Sergey , Aspuru-Guzik Alán , Zhavoronkov Alex TITLE=Molecular Sets (MOSES): A Benchmarking Platform for Molecular Generation Models JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pharmacology VOLUME=11 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2020.565644 DOI=10.3389/fphar.2020.565644 ISSN=1663-9812 ABSTRACT=

Generative models are becoming a tool of choice for exploring the molecular space. These models learn on a large training dataset and produce novel molecular structures with similar properties. Generated structures can be utilized for virtual screening or training semi-supervized predictive models in the downstream tasks. While there are plenty of generative models, it is unclear how to compare and rank them. In this work, we introduce a benchmarking platform called Molecular Sets (MOSES) to standardize training and comparison of molecular generative models. MOSES provides training and testing datasets, and a set of metrics to evaluate the quality and diversity of generated structures. We have implemented and compared several molecular generation models and suggest to use our results as reference points for further advancements in generative chemistry research. The platform and source code are available at https://github.com/molecularsets/moses.