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Approximation of the VDW surface is also done by analyzing the explicit expressions of the Gaussian surface and VDW surface, which analysis and parameters can be similarly applied to the solvent accessible surface (SAS) due to its geometric similarity to the VDW surface.

The resulted parameters are close to each other and result in similar calculated molecular properties. For each of these three criteria, a search of the parameter space is carried out in order to determine the optimal parameter values. In this paper, surface area, volume enclosed by the surface and Hausdorff distance are used as three criteria for the parameterization to make the Gaussian surface approximate the solvent excluded surface (SES) well. Currently, there is a lack of studies in which a systematic approach in the determination of optimal parameterization according to the geometric features has been done. Typically, the Gaussian surface is defined using two controlling parameters the decay rate and isovalue. The molecular Gaussian surface has been frequently used in the field of molecular modeling and simulation.
