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Table 1 Popular analytical queries in MS

From: DCMS: A data analytics and management system for molecular simulation

Query name

Definition/Description

Moment of inertia

I= i = 1 n m i r i

Moment of inertia on z axis

I z = i = 1 n m i r zi

Sum of masses

M = i = 1 n m i

Center of mass

C = I M

Radius of gyration

RG = I z M

Dipole moment

D = i = 1 n q i r i

Dipole histogram

D z = i = 1 n D z

Electron density

ED = i = 1 n ( e i q i ) dz x y

Heat capacity

3000 T boltz 2 T n df VarT

Isothermal compressibility

VarV V avg boltz T PresFac

Mean square displacement

msd = ( r t + Δ t r t )

Diffusion constant

D t = 6 msd ( t ) t

Velocity autocorrelation

V acor = ( V t + Δ t V t )

Force autocorrelation

F acor = ( F t + Δ t F t )

Density function

Histogram of atom counts

Spatial distance histogram (SDH)

Histogram of all atom-to-atom distances

RDF

rdf ( r ) = SDH ( r ) 4 π r 2 σ r ρ