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ArticleJournal of open source software2022

physical_validation: A Python package to assess the physical validity of molecular simulation results.

Pascal T Merz, Wei-Tse Hsu, Matt W Thompson, Simon Boothroyd, Chris C Walker, Michael R Shirts

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Article in Journal of open source software, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pascal T MerzDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
Wei-Tse HsuDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
Matt W ThompsonDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
Simon BoothroydBoothroyd Scientific Consulting Ltd., 71-75 Shelton Street, London, United Kingdom.
Chris C WalkerDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
Michael R ShirtsDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
University of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

Open data-driven infrastructure for building biomolecular force fields for predictive biophysics and drug designR01GM132386 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI SHIRTS, MICHAEL R · 2020 to 2023
$3.1M
Hardening and Development of the GROMACS Molecular Simulation EngineR01GM115790 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI KASSON, PETER M, SHIRTS, MICHAEL R · 2016 to 2020
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115790NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132386
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular simulations such as molecular dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are powerful tools allowing the prediction of experimental observables in the study of systems such as proteins, membranes, and polymeric materials. The quality of predictions based on molecular simulations depend on the validity of the underlying physical assumptions. physical_validation allows users of molecular simulation programs to perform simple yet powerful tests of physical validity on their systems and setups. It can also be used by molecular simulation package developers to run representative test systems during development, increasing code correctness. The theoretical foundation of the physical validation tests were established by Merz & Shirts (2018), in which the physical_validation package was first mentioned.

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PMID36337282
PMCPMC9632650
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