Simplifying the representation of complex free-energy landscapes using sketch-map

A new scheme, sketch-map, for obtaining a low-dimensional representation of the region of phase space explored during an enhanced dynamics simulation is proposed. We show evidence, from an examination of the distribution of pairwise distances between frames, that some features of the free-energy sur...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - 108(2011), 32, Seite 13023-13028
1. Verfasser: Ceriotti, Michele (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Tribello, Gareth A., Parrinello, Michele
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Schlagworte:Physical sciences Applied sciences Mathematics Political science Biological sciences
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Zusammenfassung:A new scheme, sketch-map, for obtaining a low-dimensional representation of the region of phase space explored during an enhanced dynamics simulation is proposed. We show evidence, from an examination of the distribution of pairwise distances between frames, that some features of the free-energy surface are inherently high-dimensional. This makes dimensionality reduction problematic because the data does not satisfy the assumptions made in conventional manifold learning algorithms We therefore propose that when dimensionality reduction is performed on trajectory data one should think of the resultant embedding as a quickly sketched set of directions rather than a road map. In other words, the embedding tells one about the connectivity between states but does not provide the vectors that correspond to the slow degrees of freedom. This realization informs the development of sketch-map, which endeavors to reproduce the proximity information from the high-dimensionality description in a space of lower dimensionality even when a faithful embedding is not possible.
ISSN:10916490