Automatic selection of active spaces for strongly correlated systems using machine learning algorithms

Abstract

The active-space quantum chemical methods could provide very accurate description of strongly correlated electronic systems, which is of tremendous value for natural sciences. The proper choice of the active space is crucial, but a non-trivial task. In this article, we present the neural network (NN) based approach for automatic selection of active spaces, focused on transition metal systems. The training set has been formed from artificial systems composed from one transition metal and various ligands, on which we have performed DMRG and calculated single-site entropy. On the selected set of systems, ranging from small benchmark molecules up to larger challenging systems involving two metallic centers, we demonstrate that our ML models could correctly predict the importance of orbitals with the high accuracy. Also, the ML models show a high degree of transferability on systems much larger than any complex used in training procedures.

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