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| This is part of the multicolvar module |
This quantity can be used to calculate functions of the distribution of collective variables for the atoms that lie in a region where the density of a certain type of atom is high.
This collective variable can be used to determine whether colvars are within region where the density of a particular atom is high. This is achieved by calculating the following function at the point where the atom is located \((x,y,z)\):
\[ w_j = 1 - \sigma\left[ \sum_{i=1}^N K\left( \frac{x-x_i}{\sigma_x},\frac{y-y_i}{\sigma_y},\frac{z-z_i}{\sigma_z} \right) \right] \]
Here \(\sigma\) is a switchingfunction and \(K\) is a kernelfunctions. The sum runs over the atoms specified using the ATOMS keyword and a \(w_j\) value is calculated for each of the central atoms of the input multicolvar.
When the label of this action is used as the input for a second you are not referring to a scalar quantity as you are in regular collective variables. The label is used to reference the full set of quantities calculated by the action. This is usual when using MultiColvar functions. Generally when doing this the previously calculated multicolvar will be referenced using the DATA keyword rather than ARG.
This Action can be used to calculate the following scalar quantities directly. These quantities are calculated by employing the keywords listed below. These quantities can then be referenced elsewhere in the input file by using this Action's label followed by a dot and the name of the quantity. Some of them can be calculated multiple times with different parameters. In this case the quantities calculated can be referenced elsewhere in the input by using the name of the quantity followed by a numerical identifier e.g. label.lessthan-1, label.lessthan-2 etc. When doing this and, for clarity we have made it so that the user can set a particular label for each of the components. As such by using the LABEL keyword in the description of the keyword input you can customize the component name
| Quantity | Keyword | Description |
| vmean | VMEAN | the norm of the mean vector. The output component can be referred to elsewhere in the input file by using the label.vmean |
| between | BETWEEN | the number/fraction of values within a certain range. This is calculated using one of the formula described in the description of the keyword so as to make it continuous. You can calculate this quantity multiple times using different parameters. |
| lessthan | LESS_THAN | the number of values less than a target value. This is calculated using one of the formula described in the description of the keyword so as to make it continuous. You can calculate this quantity multiple times using different parameters. |
| mean | MEAN | the mean value. The output component can be referred to elsewhere in the input file by using the label.mean |
| morethan | MORE_THAN | the number of values more than a target value. This is calculated using one of the formula described in the description of the keyword so as to make it continuous. You can calculate this quantity multiple times using different parameters. |
| sum | SUM | the sum of values |
| ATOMS | the atom whose positions we are constructing a field from. For more information on how to specify lists of atoms see Groups and Virtual Atoms |
| DATA | The multicolvar that calculates the set of base quantities that we are interested in |
| KERNEL | ( default=gaussian ) the type of kernel function to be used |
| BANDWIDTH | the bandwidths for kernel density estimation |
| CONTOUR | a switching function that tells PLUMED how large the density should be |
| NUMERICAL_DERIVATIVES | ( default=off ) calculate the derivatives for these quantities numerically |
| NOPBC | ( default=off ) ignore the periodic boundary conditions when calculating distances |
| SERIAL | ( default=off ) do the calculation in serial. Do not use MPI |
| LOWMEM | ( default=off ) lower the memory requirements |
| TIMINGS | ( default=off ) output information on the timings of the various parts of the calculation |
| OUTSIDE | ( default=off ) calculate quantities for colvars that are on atoms outside the region of interest |
| VMEAN | calculate the norm of the mean vector. The final value can be referenced using label.vmean. You can use multiple instances of this keyword i.e. VMEAN1, VMEAN2, VMEAN3... The corresponding values are then referenced using label.vmean-1, label.vmean-2, label.vmean-3... |
| MEAN | take the mean of these variables. The final value can be referenced using label.mean. You can use multiple instances of this keyword i.e. MEAN1, MEAN2, MEAN3... The corresponding values are then referenced using label.mean-1, label.mean-2, label.mean-3... |
| LESS_THAN | calculate the number of variables less than a certain target value. This quantity is calculated using \(\sum_i \sigma(s_i)\), where \(\sigma(s)\) is a switchingfunction. The final value can be referenced using label.lessthan. You can use multiple instances of this keyword i.e. LESS_THAN1, LESS_THAN2, LESS_THAN3... The corresponding values are then referenced using label.lessthan-1, label.lessthan-2, label.lessthan-3... |
| MORE_THAN | calculate the number of variables more than a certain target value. This quantity is calculated using \(\sum_i 1.0 - \sigma(s_i)\), where \(\sigma(s)\) is a switchingfunction. The final value can be referenced using label.morethan. You can use multiple instances of this keyword i.e. MORE_THAN1, MORE_THAN2, MORE_THAN3... The corresponding values are then referenced using label.morethan-1, label.morethan-2, label.morethan-3... |
| BETWEEN | calculate the number of values that are within a certain range. These quantities are calculated using kernel density estimation as described on histogrambead. The final value can be referenced using label.between. You can use multiple instances of this keyword i.e. BETWEEN1, BETWEEN2, BETWEEN3... The corresponding values are then referenced using label.between-1, label.between-2, label.between-3... |
| HISTOGRAM | calculate how many of the values fall in each of the bins of a histogram. This shortcut allows you to calculates NBIN quantities like BETWEEN. The final value can be referenced using label.histogram. You can use multiple instances of this keyword i.e. HISTOGRAM1, HISTOGRAM2, HISTOGRAM3... The corresponding values are then referenced using label.histogram-1, label.histogram-2, label.histogram-3... |
| SUM | calculate the sum of all the quantities. The final value can be referenced using label.sum. You can use multiple instances of this keyword i.e. SUM1, SUM2, SUM3... The corresponding values are then referenced using label.sum-1, label.sum-2, label.sum-3... |
The input below calculates a density field from the positions of atoms 1-14400. The number of the atoms that are specified in the DENSITY action that are within a region where the density field is greater than 2.0 is then calculated.
d1: DENSITY SPECIES=14401-74134:3 LOWMEM fi: INENVELOPE DATA=d1 ATOMS=1-14400 CONTOUR={RATIONAL D_0=2.0 R_0=1.0} BANDWIDTH=0.1,0.1,0.1 LOWMEM PRINT ARG=fi FILE=colvar
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