Optimizing the driving function for nonequilibrium free-energy calculations in the linear regime: A variational approach

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  De Koning, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EULER-LAGRANGE EQUATION; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; NONEQUILIBRIUM TRAJECTORIES; QUASISTATIC PATH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMODYNAMICS;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 17444397727     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1860556     Document Type: Article

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