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Which chemical features are captured by ChemBERTa’s attention?

Aug 2026 · Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design · Vol 40 · 0 citations · 54 references
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This work investigates which chemical concepts, functional groups, and structural features are captured by ChemBERTa’s attention mechanisms across layers and heads, and introduces two complementary algorithms: AMPC-Chem-FG and AMPC-Struct, which assesses whether attention patterns reflect predefined chemical concepts and functional groups.

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