System and method for evaluating chemical compound data using and applying a virtual landscape

A computer-implemented method for generating an artificial environment within a memory of a computer, in which chemical identifiers that relate to a particular biological target and which are described in at least one document are extracted and analyzed, the method comprising:

• submitting, in electronic form, a search to at least one document database for documents describing the biological target using a defined search strategy;
• extrapolating, to a first array within the memory of the computer, at least one chemical identifier described in at least one document returned from the search, the extrapolating step using an extraction module comprising code executing in a processor;
• transforming each chemical identifier in the first array into a respective coded form having a range of values using a conversion module comprising code executing in the processor;
• populating the respective coded forms into a second array within the memory of the computer;
• generating a virtual n-dimensional array of nodes configured to encompass the range of values in the second array using a node array generator module comprising code executing in the processor, wherein each node of the virtual n-dimensional array having an associated weight vector value based on the range of values in the second array;
• placing each coded form in the second array into a node of the virtual n-dimensional array according to an unsupervised learning algorithm using a placement module comprising code executing in the processor to effect a placement;
• providing, to a third array within the memory of the computer, at least one chemical identifier not described in at least one document returned from the search described;
• transforming each chemical identifier in the third array into a respective coded form having a range of values using the conversion module comprising code executing in the processor;
• populating the respective coded forms into a fourth array within the memory of the computer;
• updating the virtual n-dimensional to obtain an updated virtual n-dimensional array by placing each coded form in the fourth array into one of the nodes of the virtual n-dimensional array according the unsupervised learning algorithm using the placement module comprising code executing in the processor to effect a placement;
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• outputting a visual representation of the virtual n-dimensional array after the coded forms of the fourth array have been placed into the virtual n-dimensional array.