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Analysts The above is a formidable barrier. Analysts must use limited and uncertain measurements to operate and control the plant and understand the internal process. Multiple interpretations can result from analyzing hmited, sparse, suboptimal data. Both intuitive and complex algorithmic analysis methods add bias. Expert and artificial iutefligence systems may ultimately be developed to recognize and handle all of these hmitations during the model development. However, the current state-of-the-art requires the intervention of skilled analysts to draw accurate conclusions about plant operation. 

The standard deviation, Sj, is the most commonly used measure of dispersion. Theoretically, the parent population from which the n observations are drawn must meet the criteria set down for the normal distribution (see Section 1.2.1) in practice, the requirements are not as stringent, because the standard deviation is a relatively robust statistic. The almost universal implementation of the standard deviation algorithm in calculators and program packages certainly increases the danger of its misapplication, but this is counterbalanced by the observation that the consistent use of a somewhat inappropriate statistic can also lead to the right conclusions. 

Statistical and algebraic methods, too, can be classed as either rugged or not they are rugged when algorithms are chosen that on repetition of the experiment do not get derailed by the random analytical error inherent in every measurement,i° 433 is, when similar coefficients are found for the mathematical model, and equivalent conclusions are drawn. Obviously, the choice of the fitted model plays a pivotal role. If a model is to be fitted by means of an iterative algorithm, the initial guess for the coefficients should not be too critical. In a simple calculation a combination of numbers and truncation errors might lead to a division by zero and crash the computer. If the data evaluation scheme is such that errors of this type could occur, the validation plan must make provisions to test this aspect. 

We will elaborate on this later for several particular cases. In conclusion it should be noted that formulas (44) must be used 2 m times as opposed to a single application of formulas (45) with the accompanying formula (46). Thus, the algorithm is completely described. 

In conclusion, it is likely that computational approaches for metabolism prediction will continue to be developed and integrated with other algorithms for pharmaceutical research and development, which may in turn ultimately aid in their more widespread use in both industry and academia. Such models may already be having some impact when integrated with bioanalytical approaches to narrow the search for possible metabolites that are experimentally observed. Software that can be updated by the user as new metabolism information becomes available would also be of further potential value. The held of metabolism prediction has therefore advanced rapidly over the past decade, and it will be important to maintain this momentum in the future as the hndings from crystal structures for many discrete metabolic enzymes are integrated with the diverse types of computational models already derived. 

Validity. The reasoning involved in this phase must be logically justifiable that is, the final conclusion should follow deductively from the facts of the example and from the theory of the domain. If we do not ensure this, we may be able to derive conditions on the two solutions that do not respect either the structure of the domain or the example. The use of these conditions could then invalidate the optimum-seeking behavior of the branch-and-bound algorithm. 

These recent results for dense polybead systems are very encouraging. One must wait for tests on realistic polymers with complicated chemical structures and side groups, however, before definitive conclusions can be drawn. The scaling law for the embedding algorithm has to be explored in more detail for the most cumbersome polymer structures. 

For nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, the present development of a phase space probability distribution that properly accounts for exchange with a reservoir, thermal or otherwise, is a significant advance. In the linear limit the probability distribution yielded the Green-Kubo theory. From the computational point of view, the nonequilibrium phase space probability distribution provided the basis for the first nonequilibrium Monte Carlo algorithm, and this proved to be not just feasible but actually efficient. Monte Carlo procedures are inherently more mathematically flexible than molecular dynamics, and the development of such a nonequilibrium algorithm opens up many, previously intractable, systems for study. The transition probabilities that form part of the theory likewise include the influence of the reservoir, and they should provide a fecund basis for future theoretical research. The application of the theory to molecular-level problems answers one of the two questions posed in the first paragraph of this conclusion the nonequilibrium Second Law does indeed provide a quantitative basis for the detailed analysis of nonequilibrium problems. 

Ben Yaakov and Lorch [8] identified the possible error sources encountered during an alkalinity determination in brines by a Gran-type titration and determined the possible effects of these errors on the accuracy of the measured alkalinity. Special attention was paid to errors due to possible non-ideal behaviour of the glass-reference electrode pair in brine. The conclusions of the theoretical error analysis were then used to develop a titration procedure and an associated algorithm which may simplify alkalinity determination in highly saline solutions by overcoming problems due to non-ideal behaviour and instability of commercial pH electrodes. 

We can draw some very important conclusions about the two algorithms from the numerical results obtained in the sample example considered above ... 

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