DP-GEN: A concurrent learning platform for the generation of reliable deep learning based potential energy models
DP-GEN (Deep Potential GENerator) is a software written in Python, delicately designed to generate a deep learning based model of interatomic potential energy and force field. DP-GEN is dependent on DeePMD-kit. With highly scalable interface with common softwares for molecular simulation, DP-GEN is capable to automatically prepare scripts and maintain job queues on HPC machines (High Performance Cluster) and analyze results.
If you use this software in any publication, please cite:
Yuzhi Zhang, Haidi Wang, Weijie Chen, Jinzhe Zeng, Linfeng Zhang, Han Wang, and Weinan E, DP-GEN: A concurrent learning platform for the generation of reliable deep learning based potential energy models, Computer Physics Communications, 2020, 253, 107206.
- Accurate and efficient: DP-GEN is capable to sample more than tens of million structures and select only a few for first principles calculation. DP-GEN will finally obtain a uniformly accurate model.
- User-friendly and automatic: Users may install and run DP-GEN easily. Once successfully running, DP-GEN can dispatch and handle all jobs on HPCs, and thus there's no need for any personal effort.
- Highly scalable: With modularized code structures, users and developers can easily extend DP-GEN for their most relevant needs. DP-GEN currently supports for HPC systems (Slurm, PBS, LSF and cloud machines), Deep Potential interface with DeePMD-kit, MD interface with LAMMPS, Gromacs, AMBER, Calypso and ab-initio calculation interface with VASP, PWSCF, CP2K, SIESTA, Gaussian, Abacus, PWmat, etc. We're sincerely welcome and embraced to users' contributions, with more possibilities and cases to use DP-GEN.
DP-GEN only supports Python 3.9 and above.
One can download the source code of dpgen by
git clone https://github.com/deepmodeling/dpgen.git
then you may install DP-GEN easily by:
cd dpgen
pip install --user .
With this command, the dpgen executable is install to $HOME/.local/bin/dpgen
. You may want to export the PATH
by
export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
To test if the installation is successful, you may execute
dpgen -h
DP-GEN contains the following workflows:
dpgen run
: Main process of Deep Potential Generator.- Init: Generating initial data.
dpgen init_bulk
: Generating initial data for bulk systems.dpgen init_surf
: Generating initial data for surface systems.dpgen init_reaction
: Generating initial data for reactive systems.
dpgen simplify
: Reducing the amount of existing dataset.dpgen autotest
: Autotest for Deep Potential.
For detailed usage and parameters, read DP-GEN documentation.
- Tutorials: basic tutorials for DP-GEN.
- Examples: input files in JSON format.
- Publications: Published research articles using DP-GEN.
- User guide: frequently asked questions listed in troubleshooting.
The project dpgen is licensed under GNU LGPLv3.0.
DP-GEN is maintained by DeepModeling's developers. Contributors are always welcome.