Title
Linear prediction of force time series to accelerate molecular dynamics simulations
Abstract
We have recently proposed a molecular dynamics simulation scheme in which the time-consuming evaluation of non-bonding forces is periodically replaced by linear prediction of the latter from previous values [B. Brutovsky, T. Mülders, G.R. Kneller, J. Chem. Phys. 118 (2003) 6179]. For a simple molecular liquid, consisting of linear molecules with an internal vibrational degree of freedom, the method yields a speedup of up to 7 compared to conventional simulations. The hybrid simulation scheme preserves all essential structural and dynamical quantities. We show here that the linear predictor can be considered as an optimal integrator for finite time steps whose coefficients approach those of a discrete Taylor series if the simulation step tends to zero. The short time dynamics and the structure of the liquid are preserved for much longer periods if linear prediction is used instead of Taylor expansion to predict the non-bonding forces.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1016/j.cpc.2005.03.076
Computer Physics Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
02.70.Ns,07.05.Tp
Degrees of freedom (statistics),Mathematical optimization,Linear molecular geometry,Integrator,Linear prediction,Molecular dynamics,Mathematics,Speedup,Finite time,Taylor series
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
169
1
0010-4655
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Branislav Brutovsky110.69
Gerald R Kneller221.04