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Method	Applicability		Cost			Reliability^b
Method	Type	Size	Software	Computer	Personnel	Accuracy^c	Precision^d
Empirical (e.g. Benson Groups)	common organic	any	$	¢	$	A-	B+
Molecular Mechanics (e.g. MM3)	common organic	100000 atoms	$	¢¢¢	$$	A-	B
semi-empirical MO theory (e.g. MNDO/d)	organic, some inorganic	500 atoms	$	$	$$	C+	C-
density functional theory (e.g. B3LYP)	all^e	50 atoms^f	$$$	$$	$$$	B-	C+
CBS-4 (MO theory)	all^e	20 atoms^f	$$$	$$$	$$$	B	B-
BAC-MP4 (corr. MO theory)	organic, some inorganic	20 atoms^f	$$$	$$$	$$$$	B+	B
PCI-80 (corr. MO theory)	all^e	20 atoms^f	$$$	$$$	$$$$	B+	B-
G2 (MO theory)	all^e	6 heavies^f	$$$	$$$$	$$$	A-	B
CCSD(T) with basis set extrapolation (MO theory)	all^e	3 heavies^f	$$$	$$$$$$	$$$$	A	A-

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