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On the efficiency of VBSCF algorithms, a comment on “An efficient algorithm for energy gradients and orbital optimization in valence bond theory”

✍ Scribed by J. H. van Lenthe; H. B. Broer-Braam; Z. Rashid

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Weight
726 KB
Volume
33
Category
Article
ISSN
0192-8651

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Abstract

We comment on the paper [Song et al., J. Comput. Chem. 2009, 30, 399]. and discuss the efficiency of the orbital optimization and gradient evaluation in the Valence Bond Self Consistent Field (VBSCF) method. We note that Song et al. neglect to properly reference Broer et al., who published an algorithm [Broer and Nieuwpoort, Theor. Chim. Acta 1988, 73, 405] to use a Fock matrix to compute a matrix element between two different determinants, which can be used for an orbital optimization. Further, Song et al. publish a misleading comparison with our VBSCF algorithm [Dijkstra and van Lenthe, J. Chem. Phys. 2000, 113, 2100; van Lenthe et al., Mol. Phys. 1991, 73, 1159] to enable them to favorably compare their algorithm with ours. We give detail timings in terms of different orbital types in the calculation and actual timings for the example cases. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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