[gmx-users] gmx bar histogram data

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/23/17 3:16 PM, Eric Smoll wrote:
> Hello GROMACS users,
>
> I am using the "gmx bar" tool in GROMACS 5.1.2 and am interested in
> understanding the relevance of the histogram data output by the -oh flag.
> Dr. Lemkul provides a very helpful reference
> <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0021999176900784?via%3Dihub>
> and a summary
> <http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin/gmx-tutorials/free_energy/07_analysis.html>
> which states:
>
> "in order to obtain a reliable estimate of ΔG, we need adequate sampling
> within each window (based on ∂H/∂λ distributions) and between neighboring
> windows (ΔH distributions). The significant overlap in the distributions of
> the data shown here and the low error estimate printed by gmx bar indicate
> that we have achieved this goal. If your own calculations give you
> non-overlapping histograms, resulting in large error estimates, then you
> likely either need longer simulations, more λ states, or better parameters
> for whatever molecule it is you are trying to transform."
>
> When using the (default) mdp setting calc_lambda_neighbours=1, I assume
> that the only overlap that matters is immediate-neighbour histogram
> overlap. For example, when examining deltaH histograms that track the
> "forward difference" lambda[i+1]-lambda[i], it only needs to show good
> overlap with the lambda[i+2]-lambda[i+1] and lambda[i]-lambda[i-1]
> histograms. Am I correct?
>

Yes.

-Justin

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