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Table 5 Median/Maximum of the mean number of reactions used for a set of routes per molecule: For shorter search times DFPN* uses more reactions to reach the target, than the MCTS. Around 300 s search time the picture reverses and the DFPN* uses less reactions to reach a target than the MCTS

From: Generating diversity and securing completeness in algorithmic retrosynthesis

Search time [s]

DFPN*

\(\text {DFPN*}^{\dagger }\)

MCTS

\(\text {MCTS}^{\dagger }\)

\(\text {q}_{25}\)

Median

\(\text {q}_{75}\)

\(\text {q}_{25}\)

Median

\(\text {q}_{75}\)

\(\text {q}_{25}\)

Median

\(\text {q}_{75}\)

\(\text {q}_{25}\)

Median

\(\text {q}_{75}\)

60

3.0

3.5

4.3

3.0

3.7

4.5

1.9

2.6

3.5

1.9

2.7

3.9

120

3.3

3.9

4.7

3.4

4.0

4.9

2.7

3.5

4.6

2.7

3.6

5.1

300

3.9

4.4

5.2

4.0

4.6

5.4

4.3

5.4

6.6

4.5

6.0

7.1

600

4.2

4.8

5.5

4.3

5.0

5.7

5.8

6.7

7.3

6.1

7.1

7.5

900

4.3

5.0

5.7

4.4

5.1

5.9

6.3

7.1

7.6

6.7

7.3

7.7

1200

4.4

5.1

5.9

4.5

5.2

6.0

6.7

7.3

7.6

7.0

7.4

7.7