Beyond Independent Error Assumptions in Large GNN Atomistic Models

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Autori principali: Ock, Janghoon, Tian, Tian, Kitchin, John, Ulissi, Zachary
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Pubblicazione: 2023
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author Ock, Janghoon
Tian, Tian
Kitchin, John
Ulissi, Zachary
author_facet Ock, Janghoon
Tian, Tian
Kitchin, John
Ulissi, Zachary
contents The practical applications of determining the relative difference in adsorption energies are extensive, such as identifying optimal catalysts, calculating reaction energies, and determining the lowest adsorption energy on a catalytic surface. Although Density Functional Theory (DFT) can effectively calculate relative values through systematic error cancellation, the accuracy of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) in this regard remains uncertain. To investigate this issue, we analyzed approximately 483 million pairs of energy differences predicted by DFT and GNNs using the Open Catalyst 2020 - Dense dataset. Our analysis revealed that GNNs exhibit a correlated error that can be reduced through subtraction, thereby challenging the naive independent error assumption in GNN predictions and leading to more precise energy difference predictions. To assess the magnitude of error cancellation in chemically similar pairs, we introduced a new metric, the subgroup error cancellation ratio (SECR). Our findings suggest that state-of-the-art GNN models can achieve error reduction up to 77% in these subgroups, comparable to the level of error cancellation observed with DFT. This significant error cancellation allows GNNs to achieve higher accuracy than individual adsorption energy predictions, which can otherwise suffer from amplified error due to random error propagation.
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spellingShingle Beyond Independent Error Assumptions in Large GNN Atomistic Models
Ock, Janghoon
Tian, Tian
Kitchin, John
Ulissi, Zachary
Computational Physics
Materials Science
The practical applications of determining the relative difference in adsorption energies are extensive, such as identifying optimal catalysts, calculating reaction energies, and determining the lowest adsorption energy on a catalytic surface. Although Density Functional Theory (DFT) can effectively calculate relative values through systematic error cancellation, the accuracy of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) in this regard remains uncertain. To investigate this issue, we analyzed approximately 483 million pairs of energy differences predicted by DFT and GNNs using the Open Catalyst 2020 - Dense dataset. Our analysis revealed that GNNs exhibit a correlated error that can be reduced through subtraction, thereby challenging the naive independent error assumption in GNN predictions and leading to more precise energy difference predictions. To assess the magnitude of error cancellation in chemically similar pairs, we introduced a new metric, the subgroup error cancellation ratio (SECR). Our findings suggest that state-of-the-art GNN models can achieve error reduction up to 77% in these subgroups, comparable to the level of error cancellation observed with DFT. This significant error cancellation allows GNNs to achieve higher accuracy than individual adsorption energy predictions, which can otherwise suffer from amplified error due to random error propagation.
title Beyond Independent Error Assumptions in Large GNN Atomistic Models
topic Computational Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10797