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Ranking of Synthesis Plans

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Hendrickson’s definition of the “ideal synthesis” serves as a benchmark to assess synthesis plans. Criteria such as convergency, increase in complexity, and robustness are presented to rank synthesis plans and to pinpoint weaknesses therein.

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Hoffmann, R. (2009). Ranking of Synthesis Plans. In: Elements of Synthesis Planning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79220-8_8

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