TRAVIS - a free analyzer and visualizer for Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics trajectories

J Chem Inf Model. 2011 Aug 22;51(8):2007-23. doi: 10.1021/ci200217w. Epub 2011 Jul 27.

Abstract

We present TRAVIS ("TRajectory Analyzer and VISualizer"), a free program package for analyzing and visualizing Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics trajectories. The aim of TRAVIS is to collect as many analyses as possible in one program, creating a powerful tool and making it unnecessary to use many different programs for evaluating simulations. This should greatly rationalize and simplify the workflow of analyzing trajectories. TRAVIS is written in C++, open-source freeware and licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3). It is easy to install (platform independent, no external libraries) and easy to use. In this article, we present some of the algorithms that are implemented in TRAVIS - many of them widely known for a long time, but some of them also to appear in literature for the first time. All shown analyses only require a standard MD trajectory as input data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / methods*
  • Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / statistics & numerical data
  • Computer Simulation
  • Humans
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Monte Carlo Method*
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / analysis*
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / chemistry
  • Software*
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations