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Fast and Accurate Modeling of Molecular Atomization Energies with Machine Learning

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Rupp, Matthias, Tkatchenko, Alexandre, Müller, Klaus-Robert, von Lilienfeld, O. Anatole·2012·Physical Review Letters

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We introduce a machine learning model to predict atomization energies of a diverse set of organic molecules, based on nuclear charges and atomic positions only. The problem of solving the molecular Schrödinger equation is mapped onto a nonlinear statistical regression problem of reduced complexity. Regression models are trained on and compared to atomization energies computed with hybrid density-functional theory. Cross validation over more than seven thousand organic molecules yields a mean absolute error of ∼10 kcal/mol. Applicability is demonstrated for the prediction of molecular atomization potential energy curves.

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  • Initial mean absolute errors using the Coulomb matrix representation for QM7 were around 10 kcal/mol.

    “Initial mean absolute errors (MAE) ,using the coulomb matrix representation,176 were around 10 kcal/mol.”

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  • Rupp et al. used kernel ridge regression for modeling molecular atomization energies with mean absolute error of ~10 kcal/mol.

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Authors
Rupp, M., Tkatchenko, A., Müller, K.-R., & von Lilienfeld, O. A.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Max Planck Society (DE)
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
2012-01-31
Volume
108
Issue
5
Pages
058301-058301
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
OpenAlex
W2104489082
Cited by
2,312
References
41
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13.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • arXiv (Cornell University)
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Funders
U.S. Department of Energy
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Keywords
atomization energies, machine learning, organic compounds, hybrid density functional theory, regression models, nuclear charge

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