[gmx-users] How to calculate the block averaging error from non-equilibrium MD simulations

[Justin A. Lemkul]

Yanmei Song wrote:
> Dear Justin:
> 
> I really appreciate your response and help!
> 
> I am confusing about the result by using this method. I found in B. 
> Hess's paper (Appendix, JCP, 116, 2002)  that " this gives a standard 
> error estimate for 1/eta of 29.5. "; and the error he gives for that eta 
> is 0.006. I thought the error should be calculated as 1/29.5=0.034. 
> Thank you again for your help!
> 

The relationship is not a simple inversion as you've shown it.  That is, 
(standard error of 1/eta) != 1/(standard error of eta).  The standard error 
calculation depends on a number of factors, hence all the math in the Appendix 
:)  An example is given in Fig. 8 of that paper.

-Justin

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