DAMMIF, a tool for rapid ab-initio shape determination in small angle scattering, is a reimplementation of the well known bead-modelling program DAMMIN.
In bead modeling a particle is represented as a collection of a large number of densely packed beads inside a search volume. Each bead belongs either to the particle or to the solvent. Starting from an arbitrary initial model DAMMIF utilizes simulated annealing to construct a compact interconnected model yielding a scattering pattern that fits the experimental data.
Please refer to the paper cited above for further details about the implemented algorithm.
Running dammif
Usage:
$> dammif [[OPTIONS] GNOMFILE]