StcOpt Error
xfzhang-phys opened this issue · comments
Dear mVMC developers,
I'm trying to use mVMC-1.2.0 code. In some of my calculations, mVMC raised Error: StcOpt info=1 step=XXX after warning: VMCMainCal rank:0 sample:XXXX e=-nan. (PS: There are also some calculations of different interaction parameters that are finished normally)
These calculations are performed on a 6x6x3 Hubbard system, and typically NVMCSample=1600, NVMCWarmUp=100 are used with 64 cores. Could you give me some advice on how to prevent this error? (BTW, I find sometimes this error can be prevented by using more warm-up steps)
Thanks !
This kind of error sometimes occurs when the initial state of the wave functions is not good.
If the initial state |phi_0> has no overlap between the most real space configurations, i.e., Pf(x)=<x|phi_0> = 0,
this kind of error occurs.
So, please check the initial state used in your calculations.
Dear Misawa,
Thank you for your reply!
In my calculations, the above error does not raise at the begining of my calculations. It happens after several optimization steps, and I do not specify the initial file besides the RndSeed.
Due to this reason, I guess if my warm-up steps are too small to generate a good enough | phi_0 > ? In the CPC paper of mVMC, you said each mVMC sampler generates NVMCWarmUp parameter?
Dear xfzhang-phys,
In my calculations, the above error does not raise at the begining of my calculations. It happens after several optimization steps, and I do not specify the initial file besides the RndSeed.
Ok. I understand the situation. I think that the origin of the error may be related to the optimization.
By increasing the Monte Carlo sampling (NVMCSample ), the optimization may become stable and it is expected that the error does not occur.
I wonder if it's also right for NVMCWarmUp parameter?
Yes. The total Mone Carlo sampling for warmup is given by NVMCWarmUp*Nsampler .
But, in this case, I think that NVMCWarnUp is not directly related to this error.
Thanks a lot for your advice ！