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Summary

  • add dpti soft_lj fit for fitting LAMMPS lj/cut/soft reference parameters to DeepMD NumPy datasets
  • support arbitrary atom types, fixed or fitted activation values, minibatch JAX/Optax optimization, scheduled energy/force weights, and LAMMPS-ready output
  • evaluate centered energy RMSE globally across the full dataset rather than centering each evaluation batch independently
  • document the interface and add focused tests for pair indexing, energy/force consistency, global RMSE evaluation, and multi-set dataset loading

Testing

  • ruff check dpti/soft_lj.py tests/test_soft_lj.py dpti/main.py
  • python -m unittest tests.test_soft_lj -v
  • cd tests && python -m unittest discover -p "test_*.py" (129 tests)
  • end-to-end two-step JAX smoke fit on a synthetic DeepMD-format dataset

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  • New Features

    • Added soft_lj fit for fitting soft-core Lennard-Jones parameters from DeepMD datasets.
    • Supports configurable optimization, sampling, metrics, precision, and activation settings.
    • Generates fitted LAMMPS parameters and optimization history.
    • Added optional installation support for required fitting capabilities.
  • Documentation

    • Documented the fitting workflow, options, energy-loss behavior, and generated outputs in the README.

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Walkthrough

Adds a soft_lj fit CLI workflow that loads DeepMD data, evaluates soft-core Lennard-Jones energies and forces, fits parameters with JAX/Optax, and writes LAMMPS parameters and optimization history. It also adds tests, documentation, and optional dependencies.

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Soft-LJ fitting workflow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dataset and soft-LJ calculations
dpti/soft_lj.py, tests/test_soft_lj.py
Adds DeepMD dataset validation, periodic minimum-image handling, soft-LJ energy and force evaluation, RMSE metrics, and unit tests for loading, indexing, force consistency, and metrics.
Parameter optimization and outputs
dpti/soft_lj.py
Adds bounded parameterization, JAX/Optax Adam training, minibatches, scheduling, gradient clipping, evaluation, best-parameter retention, LAMMPS output, and compressed history output.
CLI integration and usage
dpti/main.py, dpti/soft_lj.py, pyproject.toml, README.md
Registers the soft_lj command, adds the soft-lj optional dependency group, and documents fitting commands and options.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 6909f

The new fitting CLI can reject valid shared type-map datasets, produce parameters based on energies inconsistent with LAMMPS when the cutoff is too large for the simulation cell, and fail without writing results after a divergent run. These concrete correctness and output-reliability risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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  participant User
  participant DPTIParser
  participant soft_lj.fit
  participant DeepMDData
  participant JAXOptax
  participant OutputFiles
  User->>DPTIParser: run soft_lj fit
  DPTIParser->>soft_lj.fit: pass fitting options
  soft_lj.fit->>DeepMDData: load and validate selected frames
  soft_lj.fit->>JAXOptax: train soft-LJ parameters
  JAXOptax->>soft_lj.fit: return metrics and best parameters
  soft_lj.fit->>OutputFiles: write LAMMPS parameters and optimization history
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Actionable comments posted: 3

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dpti/soft_lj.py (2)

264-267: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Precompute the box inverses once.

jnp.linalg.inv(box_f) does not depend on theta_j. The current code inverts a 3x3 matrix for every frame in every training step and every evaluation chunk. Precompute the inverses next to box and pass them into predict_frame.

♻️ Proposed change
-    def predict_frame(theta_j, coord_f, box_f):
+    def predict_frame(theta_j, coord_f, box_f, box_inv_f):
         epsilon, sigma, activation = unpack(theta_j)
         displacement = coord_f[ii] - coord_f[jj]
-        fractional = displacement @ jnp.linalg.inv(box_f)
+        fractional = displacement @ box_inv_f
         displacement = (fractional - jnp.rint(fractional)) @ box_f

Add the precomputed array next to box and widen the in_axes of both jax.vmap call sites at lines 291 and 316-318:

box_inv = jnp.asarray(np.linalg.inv(data.box), dtype=dtype)
predict_batch = jax.jit(jax.vmap(predict_frame, in_axes=(None, 0, 0, 0)))
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In `@dpti/soft_lj.py` around lines 264 - 267, Precompute the inverse box matrices
once alongside box, then pass each corresponding inverse into predict_frame
through both jax.vmap call sites by widening their in_axes. Replace the
per-frame jnp.linalg.inv(box_f) use in predict_frame with the provided inverse
while preserving the periodic displacement calculation.

262-289: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Derive the two prediction paths from one shared formula.

predict_frame restates the entire soft-LJ energy and force expression already implemented in predict_one_frame at lines 111-152. Only predict_one_frame is covered by tests, so the tested path and the fitted path can diverge without any test failing. Both bodies use only operations that exist in NumPy and jax.numpy, so a single helper parameterized by the array module removes the duplication.

Consider extracting the pair energy and dE/dr expressions into one module-level function that both paths call.

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In `@dpti/soft_lj.py` around lines 262 - 289, The duplicated soft-LJ energy and
derivative calculations in predict_frame should be extracted into a shared
module-level helper parameterized by the array module, then reused by both
predict_frame and predict_one_frame. Preserve each function’s existing inputs,
masking, force accumulation, and return behavior while ensuring both paths use
the same pair-energy and dE/dr formula.
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In `@dpti/soft_lj.py`:
- Around line 70-71: Remove the completeness requirement in the validation
around atype and type_map, retaining only the bounds check that rejects type
indices outside type_map.raw. Allow datasets to use a subset of declared types
while preserving existing handling of unused pair parameters.
- Around line 427-431: Initialize the best-result state from the first
evaluation unconditionally in the selection logic around best_score, best_step,
best_theta, and best_metrics; only apply score comparison for subsequent
evaluations. Preserve consistent best-result fields so divergent NaN runs retain
readable NaN metrics instead of leaving best_metrics empty and causing a later
KeyError.
- Around line 104-108: After loading the dataset in fit, validate the configured
cutoff against the smallest half perpendicular cell width across all frames
using a helper such as max_minimum_image_cutoff. Raise a clear error when cutoff
exceeds this limit; otherwise preserve the existing fitting flow and
minimum_image behavior.

Apply the same fix in `@tests/test_soft_lj.py` around lines 34 - 36.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@dpti/soft_lj.py`:
- Around line 264-267: Precompute the inverse box matrices once alongside box,
then pass each corresponding inverse into predict_frame through both jax.vmap
call sites by widening their in_axes. Replace the per-frame
jnp.linalg.inv(box_f) use in predict_frame with the provided inverse while
preserving the periodic displacement calculation.
- Around line 262-289: The duplicated soft-LJ energy and derivative calculations
in predict_frame should be extracted into a shared module-level helper
parameterized by the array module, then reused by both predict_frame and
predict_one_frame. Preserve each function’s existing inputs, masking, force
accumulation, and return behavior while ensuring both paths use the same
pair-energy and dE/dr formula.
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Comment thread dpti/soft_lj.py
Comment on lines +70 to +71
if not np.array_equal(np.unique(atype), np.arange(len(type_map))):
raise ValueError("Every entry in type_map.raw must occur in type.raw")

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Relax the type_map.raw completeness check.

Line 68 already rejects any type index outside type_map.raw. Line 70 additionally requires that every declared type occurs in type.raw. DeepMD datasets often declare a shared type_map.raw across systems, so a single system legitimately uses a subset of the declared types. Such a dataset fails here even though the code handles it correctly; absent types only produce unused pair parameters.

🐛 Proposed relaxation
-    if not np.array_equal(np.unique(atype), np.arange(len(type_map))):
-        raise ValueError("Every entry in type_map.raw must occur in type.raw")
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if not np.array_equal(np.unique(atype), np.arange(len(type_map))):
raise ValueError("Every entry in type_map.raw must occur in type.raw")
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In `@dpti/soft_lj.py` around lines 70 - 71, Remove the completeness requirement in
the validation around atype and type_map, retaining only the bounds check that
rejects type indices outside type_map.raw. Allow datasets to use a subset of
declared types while preserving existing handling of unused pair parameters.

Comment thread dpti/soft_lj.py
Comment on lines +104 to +108
def minimum_image(displacement: np.ndarray, box: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
"""Apply the minimum-image convention for a general periodic cell."""
fractional = displacement @ np.linalg.inv(box)
fractional -= np.rint(fractional)
return fractional @ box

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Validate the cutoff against the cell perpendicular widths.

minimum_image includes only the nearest periodic image of each pair. That is correct only when the cutoff does not exceed half of the smallest perpendicular width of the cell. If the cutoff is larger, this code omits periodic images that LAMMPS lj/cut/soft does include, so both the fitting target and the reported RMSE differ from the LAMMPS energy for the exported pair_coeff values. The default cutoff is 7.5 A, which already exceeds the limit for any cell smaller than 15 A.

Add an explicit check after the dataset loads, so the failure is loud instead of silent.

🐛 Proposed validation helper and call site
def max_minimum_image_cutoff(box: np.ndarray) -> float:
    """Return half of the smallest perpendicular cell width over all frames."""
    volume = np.abs(np.linalg.det(box))
    widths = np.stack(
        [
            volume / np.linalg.norm(np.cross(box[:, (j + 1) % 3], box[:, (j + 2) % 3]), axis=-1)
            for j in range(3)
        ],
        axis=-1,
    )
    return float(np.min(widths) / 2.0)

Call it in fit right after load_deepmd:

     data = load_deepmd(args.data, args.stride, args.skip_frames, args.max_frames)
+    cutoff_limit = max_minimum_image_cutoff(data.box)
+    if args.cutoff > cutoff_limit:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"cutoff {args.cutoff} exceeds the minimum-image limit {cutoff_limit:.4g} "
+            "for the smallest cell in the dataset"
+        )
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In `@dpti/soft_lj.py` around lines 104 - 108, After loading the dataset in fit,
validate the configured cutoff against the smallest half perpendicular cell
width across all frames using a helper such as max_minimum_image_cutoff. Raise a
clear error when cutoff exceeds this limit; otherwise preserve the existing
fitting flow and minimum_image behavior.

Apply the same fix in `@tests/test_soft_lj.py` around lines 34 - 36.

Comment thread dpti/soft_lj.py
Comment on lines +427 to +431
if score < best_score:
best_score = score
best_step = step
best_theta = theta
best_metrics = metrics

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Seed the best entry from the first evaluation.

best_metrics starts empty and is only filled when score < best_score holds. If the loss diverges, score is NaN, and NaN < best_score is always False. best_metrics then stays empty, and lines 440-441 raise KeyError after the whole run completes. Both the parameter file and the history file are written after that point, so all output is lost.

Accept the first evaluation unconditionally. That keeps best_theta, best_step, and best_metrics consistent and turns a divergent run into readable NaN output instead of a crash.

🐛 Proposed fix
-            if score < best_score:
+            if not best_metrics or score < best_score:
                 best_score = score
                 best_step = step
                 best_theta = theta
                 best_metrics = metrics
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if score < best_score:
best_score = score
best_step = step
best_theta = theta
best_metrics = metrics
if not best_metrics or score < best_score:
best_score = score
best_step = step
best_theta = theta
best_metrics = metrics
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In `@dpti/soft_lj.py` around lines 427 - 431, Initialize the best-result state
from the first evaluation unconditionally in the selection logic around
best_score, best_step, best_theta, and best_metrics; only apply score comparison
for subsequent evaluations. Preserve consistent best-result fields so divergent
NaN runs retain readable NaN metrics instead of leaving best_metrics empty and
causing a later KeyError.

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