# HADDOCK energy caculation

**URL:** <https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/haddock-energy-caculation/3311>\
**Category:** HADDOCK\
**Created:** [October 24, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/haddock-energy-caculation/3311 "2021-10-24T09:12:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Warren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@Warren](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/u/Warren)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/haddock-energy-caculation/3311/1 "2021-10-24T09:12:02Z")

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hello, all

When I started analyzing HADDOCK score, I found that there is no corresponding reference for the caculation of the energy term. I want to know how to caculate the Eele, Evdw and Edels, not just a number, but a caculation process.

thanks

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**Author:** ![amjjbonvin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/ask.bioexcel.eu/amjjbonvin/32/23_2.png) [@amjjbonvin](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/u/amjjbonvin)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/haddock-energy-caculation/3311/2 "2021-10-24T17:27:58Z")

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See for example:

- A. Vangone, J.P.G.L.M. Rodrigues, L.C. Xue, G.C.P. van Zundert, C. Geng, Z. Kurkcuoglu, M. Nellen, S. Narasimhan, E. Karaca, M. van Dijk, A.S.J. Melquiond, K.M. Visscher, M. Trellet, P.L. Kastritis and A.M.J.J. Bonvin. [Sense and Simplicity in HADDOCK Scoring: Lessons from CASP-CAPRI Round 1](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prot.25198/full). _Proteins: Struc. Funct. & Bioinformatics_, _85_, 417-423 (2016). See also erratum: [https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.25339](https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.25339)

And also:

[https://www.bonvinlab.org/software/haddock2.4/scoring/](https://www.bonvinlab.org/software/haddock2.4/scoring/)