apallath / WHAM

Python package to construct free energy profiles from biased molecular simulation data using both log-likelihood maximization and self-consistent iteration approaches.
https://apallath.github.io/WHAM/
MIT License
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Optimization issues with log-likelihood maximization approach #3

Closed apallath closed 4 years ago

apallath commented 4 years ago

When using an initial guess = correct solution + gaussian perturbation:

Nelder-mead does converges to a flat solution BFGS with 2-point gradient estimation converges to a flat solution BFGS with jac information does not move away from initial guess

Unexpected behavior, as the landscape is supposed to be convex.

apallath commented 4 years ago

Solved.