[gmx-users] sufficient time for simulation

[Justin Lemkul]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Ehsan Sadeghi <esa38 at sfu.ca> wrote:

> Hi gmx users,
>
> How long is enough for a simulation? How can I find a good estimation for
> the simulation time?
>
>
The only true answer to this question is "long enough to observe the
behavior of interest," and as a corollary, "enough to achieve
representative sampling of the state of interest."  It's hard to provide
any sort of practical guidance without knowing exactly what you are doing.
Some simulations require picoseconds; others require microseconds.

-Justin

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