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Moving least-squares enhanced Shepard interpolation for the fast marching and string methods.

Steven K Burger1, Yuli Liu, Utpal Sarkar

  • 1Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada.

The Journal of Chemical Physics
|January 22, 2009
PubMed
Summary

This study enhances computational chemistry methods like the quadratic string method (QSM) and fast marching method (FMM) by reducing potential energy calculations by up to 80% using advanced Shepard interpolation.

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Area of Science:

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Theoretical Chemistry
  • Chemical Physics

Background:

  • The Quadratic String Method (QSM) and Fast Marching Method (FMM) are crucial for exploring reaction pathways.
  • These methods often require a large number of potential energy calculations, limiting their efficiency.
  • Accurate fitting of potential energy surfaces and their derivatives is essential for these methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To significantly reduce the computational cost of QSM and FMM.
  • To improve the accuracy of potential energy surface approximations.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of enhanced Shepard interpolation with moving least squares for higher-order derivatives.

Main Methods:

  • Implementing a moving least squares approach to fit higher-order derivatives of the potential energy surface.
  • Utilizing Shepard interpolation enhanced with moving least squares.
  • Testing the methods on analytic potentials: alanine dipeptide rotational dihedral and methyl chloride fluoride S(N)2 reaction.

Main Results:

  • The enhanced Shepard interpolation drastically reduced potential energy calculations in FMM by up to 80%.
  • Fitting derivatives up to the fifth order yielded the best results across all grid spacings.
  • For QSM, the enhanced Shepard interpolation provided slightly better results than the standard approximation.

Conclusions:

  • Enhanced Shepard interpolation with moving least squares is a highly effective strategy for reducing computational cost in QSM and FMM.
  • Higher-order derivative fitting improves the performance of these methods.
  • The developed approach offers a significant computational advantage for studying chemical reactions and molecular dynamics.