ONTARE. REVISTA DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LA FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA
This paper describes a problem which is the computational representation of chemical components through chains of characters and the calculation of its molecular mass in an efficient way. In this article, two algorithms are defined. The first one is called base algorithm which provides a partial solution applied to cases in which the speed is a key factor; the second one represents its general solution with which it is likely to represent any kind of chemical formulae and to calculate its corresponding molecular mass in a fast way. At the end of this paper, the performance of algorithms is valued through experimentation
