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The ability to compute accurate free energies by molecular simulation is necessary for many applications. Methods for performing these calculations are well established, but are often misused or misinterpreted. We review ways to avoid and uncover systematic errors in free-energy calculations through simple and appropriate analysis of the simulation averages. One particularly difficult area of application...