@inbook{c23d8e28289546ef93fd4a487eb1316d,
title = "Systematic methods for structurally consistent coarse-grained models",
abstract = "This chapter provides a primer on theories for coarse-grained (CG) modeling and, in particular, reviews several systematic methods for determining effective potentials for CG models. The chapter first reviews a statistical mechanics framework for relating atomistic and CG models. This framework naturally leads to a quantitative criterion for CG models that are {"}consistent{"} with a particular atomistic model for the same system. This consistency criterion is equivalent to minimizing the relative entropy between the two models. This criterion implies that a many-body PMF is the appropriate potential for a CG model that is consistent with a particular atomistic model. This chapter then presents a unified exposition of the theory and numerical methods for several approaches for approximating this many-body PMF. Finally, this chapter closes with a brief discussion of a few of the outstanding challenges facing the field of systematic coarse-graining.",
author = "Noid, {W. G.}",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-62703-17-5_19",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781627030168",
series = "Methods in Molecular Biology",
publisher = "Humana Press Inc.",
pages = "487--531",
booktitle = "Biomolecular Simulations",
}