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An overview of the theory for analyzing the statistical properties of the reactive trajectories by which transitions occur between a set of initial and final states in a Markov model, and thereby obtain e.g. the highest flux pathways between these states.
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Vanden-Eijnden, E. (2014). Transition Path Theory. In: Bowman, G., Pande, V., Noé, F. (eds) An Introduction to Markov State Models and Their Application to Long Timescale Molecular Simulation. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 797. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7606-7_7
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