Fast and accurate modeling of molecular atomization energies with machine learning

Matthias Rupp, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Klaus Robert Müller, O. Anatole Von Lilienfeld

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    Abstract

    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 ∼10kcal/mol. Applicability is demonstrated for the prediction of molecular atomization potential energy curves.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number058301
    JournalPhysical review letters
    Volume108
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012 Jan 31

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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