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# Enum: SimulationMethod
_Options for simulation methods._
URI: [https://CCPBioSim.ac.uk/biosim-schema/SimulationMethod](https://CCPBioSim.ac.uk/biosim-schema/SimulationMethod)
## Permissible Values
| Value | Meaning | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self-guided Langevin Dynamics | None | Method that accelerates low frequency motion to enhance conformational sampli... |
| Accelerated Molecular Dynamics | None | Method where a bias potential that reduces the height of local barriers, allo... |
| Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics | None | Method that adds a harmonic boost potential (following a Gaussian distributio... |
| Targeted Molecular Dynamics | None | Method that adds an additional term to the energy function based on the mass-... |
| Nudged Elastic Band Calculations | None | Method where the path for a conformational change is approximated with a seri... |
| Adaptive String Method | None | Method to find the Minimum Free Energy Path (MFEP) in the space of selected c... |
| LMOD method | None | Conformational search algorithm based on eigenvector following of low frequen... |
| DL-FIND Optimization | None | Method to search for potential energy stationary points along a chemical reac... |
| Thermodynamic Integration (TI) | None | Method to calculate ensemble-averaged energies "on-the-fly" along a path as t... |
| Linear Interaction Energies (LIE) | None | Method to compute binding free energies using the linear interaction energy m... |
| Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics (REMD) | None | An expanded ensemble energy method that samples from an ensemble larger than ... |
| Adaptively Biased Molecular Dynamics (ABMD) | None | Method for calculating free energy landscapes as a function of a small number... |
| Steered Molecular Dynamics (SMD) | None | Method that applies an external force onto a physical system, and drives a ch... |
| Umbrella Sampling | None | A method that enhances sampling of rare events by applying a biasing potentia... |
| Metadynamics | None | An enhanced sampling technique that adds a history-dependent bias to the pote... |
| Swarms of Trajectories String Method | None | A version of the string method, a path-finding algorithm that refines a punat... |
| Constant pH Molecular Dynamics | None | Method that uses Monte Carlo sampling of the Boltzmann distribution of discre... |
| Constant Redox Potential Molecular Dynamics | None | Method that uses Monte Carlo sampling of the Boltzmann distribution of discre... |
| Continuous Constant pH Molecular Dynamics | None | A method that is an alternative to the Monte-Carlo based constant pH methods ... |
| NMR Refinement | None | Method to incorporate a variety of restraints (e |
| X-ray and CryoEM Refinement | None | Method to incorporate electron microscopy (EM) image information into macromo... |
| Locally Enhanced Sampling | None | A method to allow for multiple local copies of regions within a larger biomol... |
## Slots
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [simulation_method](../slots/simulation_method.md) | Method used to perform simulation |
## Identifier and Mapping Information
### Schema Source
* from schema: https://CCPBioSim.ac.uk/biosim-schema/
## LinkML Source
```yaml
name: SimulationMethod
description: Options for simulation methods.
from_schema: https://CCPBioSim.ac.uk/biosim-schema/
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
Self-guided Langevin Dynamics:
text: Self-guided Langevin Dynamics
description: Method that accelerates low frequency motion to enhance conformational
sampling.
aliases:
- Self-guided Langevin Dynamics
- selfguided_langevin_dynamics
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics:
text: Accelerated Molecular Dynamics
description: Method where a bias potential that reduces the height of local barriers,
allowing the faster evolution of a calculation.
aliases:
- Accelerated Molecular Dynamics
- accelerated_molecular_dynamics
Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics:
text: Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics
description: Method that adds a harmonic boost potential (following a Gaussian
distribution) to smooth the system potential energy surface.
aliases:
- Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics
- Gaussian_accelerated_molecular_dynamics
Targeted Molecular Dynamics:
text: Targeted Molecular Dynamics
description: Method that adds an additional term to the energy function based
on the mass-wieghted root mean square deviation of a set of atoms in the current
structure compared to a reference structure.
aliases:
- Targeted Molecular Dynamics
- targeted_molecular_dynamics
Nudged Elastic Band Calculations:
text: Nudged Elastic Band Calculations
description: Method where the path for a conformational change is approximated
with a series of images describing the molecule at discrete points along the
path.
aliases:
- Nudged Elastic Band Calculations
- nudged_elastic_band_calculations
Adaptive String Method:
text: Adaptive String Method
description: Method to find the Minimum Free Energy Path (MFEP) in the space of
selected collective variables connecting initial and final stages of a given
process.
aliases:
- Adaptive String Method
- adaptive_string_method
LMOD method:
text: LMOD method
description: Conformational search algorithm based on eigenvector following of
low frequency vibrational modes.
aliases:
- LMOD method
- LMOD_method
DL-FIND Optimization:
text: DL-FIND Optimization
description: Method to search for potential energy stationary points along a chemical
reaction in a QM/MM simulation.
aliases:
- DL-FIND Optimization
- DLFind_optimization
Thermodynamic Integration (TI):
text: Thermodynamic Integration (TI)
description: Method to calculate ensemble-averaged energies "on-the-fly" along
a path as the simulation progresses between two states.
aliases:
- Thermodynamic Integration (TI)
- thermodynamic_integration
Linear Interaction Energies (LIE):
text: Linear Interaction Energies (LIE)
description: Method to compute binding free energies using the linear interaction
energy model.
aliases:
- Linear Interaction Energies (LIE)
- linear_interaction_energies
Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics (REMD):
text: Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics (REMD)
description: An expanded ensemble energy method that samples from an ensemble
larger than a typical statistical mechanical ensemble defined by the Hamiltonian
governing the system.
aliases:
- Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics (REMD)
- replica_exchange_molecular_dynamics
Adaptively Biased Molecular Dynamics (ABMD):
text: Adaptively Biased Molecular Dynamics (ABMD)
description: Method for calculating free energy landscapes as a function of a
small number of collective variables.
aliases:
- Adaptively Biased Molecular Dynamics (ABMD)
- adaptively_biased_molecular_dynamics
Steered Molecular Dynamics (SMD):
text: Steered Molecular Dynamics (SMD)
description: Method that applies an external force onto a physical system, and
drives a change in coordinates within a certain time. The moethod should be
thought of as umbrella sampling where the center of the restraint is time-dependent.
aliases:
- Steered Molecular Dynamics (SMD)
- steered_molecular_dynamics
Umbrella Sampling:
text: Umbrella Sampling
description: A method that enhances sampling of rare events by applying a biasing
potential to restrain the system along a chosen coordinate, allowing for the
calculation of free energy profiles.
aliases:
- Umbrella Sampling
- umbrella_sampling
Metadynamics:
text: Metadynamics
description: An enhanced sampling technique that adds a history-dependent bias
to the potential energy surface, encouraging the system to escape local minima
and explore new configurations, often used to reconstruct free energy landscapes.
aliases:
- Metadynamics
- metadynamics
Swarms of Trajectories String Method:
text: Swarms of Trajectories String Method
description: A version of the string method, a path-finding algorithm that refines
a punative transition pathway iteratively until the path is deemed to have been
converged.
aliases:
- Swarms of Trajectories String Method
- swarms_of_trajectories_string_method
Constant pH Molecular Dynamics:
text: Constant pH Molecular Dynamics
description: Method that uses Monte Carlo sampling of the Boltzmann distribution
of discrete protonation states concurrent with the molecular dynamics simulation.
aliases:
- Constant pH Molecular Dynamics
- constant_pH_molecular_dynamics
Constant Redox Potential Molecular Dynamics:
text: Constant Redox Potential Molecular Dynamics
description: Method that uses Monte Carlo sampling of the Boltzmann distribution
of discrete redox sates concurrent with the molecular dynamics simulation.
aliases:
- Constant Redox Potential Molecular Dynamics
- constant_redox_potential_molecular_dynamics
Continuous Constant pH Molecular Dynamics:
text: Continuous Constant pH Molecular Dynamics
description: A method that is an alternative to the Monte-Carlo based constant
pH methods where particles with fictitious mass and coordinates bound between
0 (protonated) and 1 (deprotonated) are added to the system to present protonation
states of titratable sites.
aliases:
- Continuous Constant pH Molecular Dynamics
- continuous_constant_pH_molecular_dynamics
NMR Refinement:
text: NMR Refinement
description: Method to incorporate a variety of restraints (e.g. NMR restraints
derived from NOE and J-coupling data) into an optimization procedure.
aliases:
- NMR Refinement
- NMR_refinement
X-ray and CryoEM Refinement:
text: X-ray and CryoEM Refinement
description: Method to incorporate electron microscopy (EM) image information
into macromolecular structure determination, by applying restraints for rigid
and flexible fitting into EM maps.
aliases:
- X-ray and CryoEM Refinement
- Xray_and_cryoEM_refinement
Locally Enhanced Sampling:
text: Locally Enhanced Sampling
description: A method to allow for multiple local copies of regions within a larger
biomolecule, e.g. to allow sidechains in a protein to be "disordered", while
the backbone is represented as a single configuration.
aliases:
- Locally Enhanced Sampling
- locally_enhanced_sampling
```