[gmx-users] acceptable errors in density and melting point

[Justin Lemkul]

On 10/15/15 4:51 PM, Victor Rosas Garcia wrote:
> hello everybody,
>
> Let us say that I have a topology for a small organic molecule. When
> running NPT equilibration to determine the density of the solid, I get a
> 12% error vs experiment. When determining the melting point using simulated
> heating, my error is about 15% vs experiment.  Are these errors too high?
> good enough? I have been searching for papers that discuss acceptable
> errors for molecular dynamics parametrizations but so far have not found
> much. Any pointers?
>

Acceptable thresholds vary.  We aim for an error of 2% of less.  I would say 
your errors are too high.

-Justin

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