Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimisation for Molecular Transition State Search
Author(s)
Hettenhausen, Jan
Lewis, Andrew
Chen, Stephen
Randall, Marcus
Fournier, Rene
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2013
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This paper describes a novel problem formulation and specialised Multi- Objective Particle Swarm Optimisation (MOPSO) algorithm to discover the reaction pathway and Transition State (TS) of small molecules. Transition states play an important role in computational chemistry and their discovery represents one of the big challenges in computational chemistry. This paper presents a novel problem formulation that defines the TS search as a multi-objective optimisation (MOO) problem. A proof of concept of a modified multi-objective particle swarm optimisation algorithm is presented to find solutions to this problem.While still ...
View more >This paper describes a novel problem formulation and specialised Multi- Objective Particle Swarm Optimisation (MOPSO) algorithm to discover the reaction pathway and Transition State (TS) of small molecules. Transition states play an important role in computational chemistry and their discovery represents one of the big challenges in computational chemistry. This paper presents a novel problem formulation that defines the TS search as a multi-objective optimisation (MOO) problem. A proof of concept of a modified multi-objective particle swarm optimisation algorithm is presented to find solutions to this problem.While still at a prototype stage, the algorithm was able to find solutions in proximity to the actual TS in many cases. The algorithm is demonstrated on a range of molecules with qualitatively different reaction pathways. Based on this evaluation, possible future developments will be discussed.
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View more >This paper describes a novel problem formulation and specialised Multi- Objective Particle Swarm Optimisation (MOPSO) algorithm to discover the reaction pathway and Transition State (TS) of small molecules. Transition states play an important role in computational chemistry and their discovery represents one of the big challenges in computational chemistry. This paper presents a novel problem formulation that defines the TS search as a multi-objective optimisation (MOO) problem. A proof of concept of a modified multi-objective particle swarm optimisation algorithm is presented to find solutions to this problem.While still at a prototype stage, the algorithm was able to find solutions in proximity to the actual TS in many cases. The algorithm is demonstrated on a range of molecules with qualitatively different reaction pathways. Based on this evaluation, possible future developments will be discussed.
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Conference Title
EVOLVE - A BRIDGE BETWEEN PROBABILITY, SET ORIENTED NUMERICS, AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION II
Volume
175
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Subject
Optimisation
Reaction kinetics and dynamics