One question about possible algorithm for quick checking of the convergence
of my trajectory (ies).
For instance I'd like to write some simple script having as the input
several trajectories of the same system with different length to check (for
instance by means of principal mode analysis or another not very expensive
method) in what case my system have been converged fully. Are there any
examples of such scripts or ready workflows?
James
2014-06-19 17:52 GMT+04:00 James Starlight <jmsstarlight.gmail.com>:
> Thanks, Jason!
>
> It's very useful advises and you've made very great script library! I'll
> try to follow your basic ideas during my own studies.
>
> James
>
>
> 2014-06-17 23:25 GMT+04:00 Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>:
>
> On Tue, 2014-06-17 at 22:16 +0400, James Starlight wrote:
>> > Hi Dan,
>> >
>> >
>> > many thanks for the bash guide- I've found it very useful. In general
>> I'd
>> > like to look at some basic bash script examples suitable for typical md
>> > jobs dealing with the running of many of simulation on clusters because
>> the
>> > most complicated examples like replica exchange simulation have already
>> > been present in the amber tutorials.
>>
>> You've gotten the most helpful responses you can possibly get about your
>> question so far, so I won't belabor the points others have made. I'll
>> relay my own opinions on the topic, though.
>>
>> Scripting is, at its core, simply a tool we (as computational
>> scientists) use to increase our efficiency and productivity. For
>> example, high-throughput work like screening a database of millions of
>> compounds cannot be done unless "scripted."
>>
>> When you are designing an experiment or calculation you want to perform,
>> you have a list of tasks you need to get done. Designing a script to
>> carry out these tasks requires you to divide your problem up into
>> simpler chunks that can be easily represented with common logic
>> structures in programming/scripting, like loops and simple conditionals.
>> Writing the script is easy -- if you don't know the syntax of doing
>> something like looping over a list, you can google your question and see
>> that it has most likely been asked and answered several times on
>> StackOverflow before.
>>
>> _Designing_ the script is the real challenge (it is an art). It is not
>> something easily taught in a tutorial (nor is there any one "right" way
>> to do it). You can use the existing tutorials, and the scripts written
>> therein, to try and reverse-engineer the design and try to understand
>> the thought process that led the tutorial authors to write it that way.
>> Then if you're ambitious, try improving it.
>>
>> When you are doing your own project, focus on carrying out your
>> experiment. If you come up to a part that is particularly repetitive or
>> something that fits conceptually into a scripting or programming
>> paradigm, write a script to handle that part (Googling your question
>> when you don't know how to do something). The more you do this, the
>> better you will get at scripting and the more you will be able to
>> automate your workflows.
>>
>> If you find yourself doing the same thing over and over for different
>> projects (like imaging a trajectory or RMS-fitting your system with
>> cpptraj or computing a distance and plotting the result), try to write a
>> script to automate that task. As your experience in the field grows, so
>> too will your library of scripts you find useful and your scripting
>> ability overall. Mine is here: https://github.com/swails/jmsscripts/ and
>> a trained eye can clearly see which ones I wrote when I was experienced
>> and which I didn't.
>>
>> 6 years ago, I had never used Unix before. I was decent at scripting
>> within a few months and quite strong within a year or two -- all
>> following the above advice. That which is self-learned is learned the
>> best (and is remembered the longest).
>>
>> Always rambling,
>> Jason
>>
>> --
>> Jason M. Swails
>> BioMaPS,
>> Rutgers University
>> Postdoctoral Researcher
>>
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