From: Joey Farrell (jpfarrell_at_uchicago.edu)
Date: Tue May 03 2022 - 19:13:03 CDT
Hi Jérôme,
Your second idea about orthogonal drift seems to be correct.
I am trying to run a separation simulation over multiple windows (each window responsible for ~4 Å of separation). For the first window, where this .count non-uniformity is the most exacerbated, it seems that almost all of the simulation movement is due to drift, rather than helical separation along the axis of interest.
I am going to assume that this is some kind of system set up failure on my part; would you happen to have any recommendations as to how a basic ABF procedure could be modified in order to avoid this issue in the first window?
Thank you,
Joey
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From: Jérôme Hénin <jerome.henin_at_ibpc.fr>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 8:40 AM
To: NAMD list <namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>; Joey Farrell <jpfarrell_at_uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: namd-l: ABF Non-Uniform Zcount
Hi Joey,
First I would compare this with the ".count" file, to see if there is any major difference in distribution. If that is the case, this can be helped by a tighter extended system restraint (lower extendedFluctuation parameter). However, I doubt this is the case here.
A likely cause is slow relaxation causing a drift in an orthogonal direction to your chosen reaction coordinate, so that ABF is adapting to a free energy landscape that seems to be changing all the time, which defeats the adaptation process.
My recommendation to troubleshoot this is to analyze the slow coordinates in the ABF trajectory.
Best,
Jérôme
----- On Apr 26, 2022, at 6:33 AM, Joey Farrell <jpfarrell_at_uchicago.edu> wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if I can get any insights into potential causes of non-uniform zcount when running an ABF system. Specifically, my .zcount file has the following (abridged) contents:
12.05 1233990
12.15 1248322
12.25 1168793
...
15.75 121013
15.85 87096
15.95 57720
Please let me know if this is an issue and, if it is, potential ways to go about remedying it. I can provide more configuration information ad hoc.
Thank you,
Joey
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