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Title: | Numerical Methods for Computing the Free Energy of Coarse-Grained Molecular Systems |
Author(s): | Cyr, Eric C. |
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): | Stephen D. Bond |
Department / Program: | Computer Science |
Discipline: | Computer Science |
Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Degree: | Ph.D. |
Genre: | Dissertation |
Subject(s): | Computer Science |
Abstract: | The second coarse-grained system reduces a fully explicit solvent-solute system to an explicit solute in an implicitly represented solvent environment. The critical step in this reduction is to solve a partial differential equation known as the Poisson-Boltzmann equation. We develop algorithms that accurately compute the solvation free energy by using goal-oriented mesh refinement. Results indicating the benefits of goal-oriented refinement are presented. |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
Description: | 130 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/81845 |
Other Identifier(s): | (MiAaPQ)AAI3347293 |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2015-09-25 |
Date Deposited: | 2008 |
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