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ArticleThe Journal of chemical physics2023

Weighted ensemble: Recent mathematical developments.

D Aristoff, J Copperman, G Simpson, R J Webber, D M Zuckerman

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Article in The Journal of chemical physics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. AI-Physics-Experiment Trinity for Integrated Protein Dynamics Modeling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  4. Ligand-Binding Free Energy Simulations of Membrane Proteins.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  7. Gating residues govern ligand unbinding kinetics from the buried cavity in HIF-2α PAS-B.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2024
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  8. BAD-NEUS: Rapidly converging trajectory stratification.The Journal of chemical physics · 2024
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  10. Weighted Ensemble Simulation: Advances in methods, software, and applications.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Computational molecular science
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5 authors.

D AristoffMathematics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0347-0812
J CoppermanBiomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5202-0690
G SimpsonMathematics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2300-6806
R J WebberComputing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8286-6315
D M ZuckermanBiomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7662-2031

Funding

WESTPA: A high-performance framework for simulating at the frontiers of biologyR01GM115805 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LILLIAN T CHONG · 2015 to 2026
$4.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115805
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Weighted ensemble (WE) is an enhanced sampling method based on periodically replicating and pruning trajectories generated in parallel. WE has grown increasingly popular for computational biochemistry problems due, in part, to improved hardware and accessible software implementations. Algorithmic and analytical improvements have played an important role, and progress has accelerated in recent years. Here, we discuss and elaborate on the WE method from a mathematical perspective, highlighting recent results that enhance the computational efficiency. The mathematical theory reveals a new strategy for optimizing trajectory management that approaches the best possible variance while generalizing to systems of arbitrary dimension.

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