Partial differential equations and stochastic methods in molecular dynamics

T Lelievre, G Stoltz - Acta Numerica, 2016 - cambridge.org
The objective of molecular dynamics computations is to infer macroscopic properties of
matter from atomistic models via averages with respect to probability measures dictated by …

Tinker 8: software tools for molecular design

JA Rackers, Z Wang, C Lu, ML Laury… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The Tinker software, currently released as version 8, is a modular molecular mechanics and
dynamics package written primarily in a standard, easily portable dialect of Fortran 95 with …

Molecular dynamics

B Leimkuhler, C Matthews - Interdisciplinary applied mathematics, 2015 - Springer
For a number of years, we have been exploring the underpinnings of algorithms for
simulating molecular dynamics from a mathematics perspective, ie as outsiders. We have …

[BOOK][B] Free energy computations: A mathematical perspective

G Stoltz, M Rousset - 2010 - books.google.com
This monograph provides a general introduction to advanced computational methods for
free energy calculations, from the systematic and rigorous point of view of applied …

Robust and efficient configurational molecular sampling via Langevin dynamics

B Leimkuhler, C Matthews - The Journal of chemical physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
A wide variety of numerical methods are evaluated and compared for solving the stochastic
differential equations encountered in molecular dynamics. The methods are based on the …

Unified efficient thermostat scheme for the canonical ensemble with holonomic or isokinetic constraints via molecular dynamics

Z Zhang, X Liu, K Yan, ME Tuckerman… - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We have recently proposed a new unified theoretical scheme (the “middle” scheme) for
thermostat algorithms for efficient and accurate configurational sampling of the canonical …

Nonequilibrium candidate Monte Carlo is an efficient tool for equilibrium simulation

JP Nilmeier, GE Crooks, DDL Minh… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Metropolis Monte Carlo simulation is a powerful tool for studying the equilibrium properties
of matter. In complex condensed-phase systems, however, it is difficult to design Monte …

Sampling in constrained domains with orthogonal-space variational gradient descent

R Zhang, Q Liu, X Tong - Advances in Neural Information …, 2022 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Sampling methods, as important inference and learning techniques, are typically designed
for unconstrained domains. However, constraints are ubiquitous in machine learning …

Monte Carlo on manifolds: sampling densities and integrating functions

E Zappa, M Holmes‐Cerfon… - … on Pure and Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We describe and analyze some Monte Carlo methods for manifolds in euclidean space
defined by equality and inequality constraints. First, we give an MCMC sampler for …

A computational method to extract macroscopic variables and their dynamics in multiscale systems

G Froyland, GA Gottwald, A Hammerlindl - SIAM Journal on Applied …, 2014 - SIAM
This paper introduces coordinate-independent methods for analyzing multiscale dynamical
systems using numerical techniques based on the transfer operator and its adjoint. In …