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This observation is expected from theory, as the observed thickness distributions are exactly the functions by which one-dimensional short-range order is theoretically described in early literature models (Zernike and Prins [116] J. J. Hermans [128]). From the transformed experimental data we can determine, whether the principal thickness distributions are symmetrical or asymmetrical, whether they should be modeled by Gaussians, gamma distributions, truncated exponentials, or other analytical functions. Finally only a model that describes the arrangement of domains is missing - i.e., how the higher thickness distributions are computed from two principal thickness distributions (cf. Sect. 8.7). Experimental data are fitted by means of such models. Unsuitable models are sorted out by insufficient quality of the fit. Fit quality is assessed by means of the tools of nonlinear regression (Chap. 11). 

Figure 53-33 The relation between the Normal distribution (truncated at —1 SD), the energy variation and the product of the two curves.

Supposing that one has decided on bounds for a variable, one can fit a distribution that has a bounded support, such as the beta distribution or Johnson SB distribution. Alternatively, in a Monte Carlo implementation, one may sample the unbounded distribution and discard values that fall beyond the bounds. However, then a source of some discomfort is that the parameters of the distribution truncated in this way may deviate from the specification of the distribution (e.g., the mean and variance will be modified by truncation). It seems reasonable for Monte Carlo software to report the percentage discarded, and report means and variances of the distributions as truncated, for comparison to means and variances specified. 

Care is necessary when using the normal distribution. Since h > 0, there is always a positive chance with the normal distribution that the observation is negative. Hence, a truncated standard normal distribution would be more appropriate. When f(h) follows a standard normal distribution truncated at 0 with p = 0 and = 1, then ... 

In order to understand the tendency to fomi a dipole layer at the surface, imagine a solid that has been cleaved to expose a surface. If the truncated electron distribution originally present within the sample does not relax, this produces a steplike change in the electron density at the newly created surface (figme B1.26.19(A)). 

Fig. 1. Cumulative distribution function of half squared distances of amino acid pairs at residue distance d (d = 1,..., 20), truncated at Cmax = 72 (12Acutoff)...

For the robust estimation of the pair potentials, some obstacles had to be overcome. There are a huge number of different triples (si, Sk,i — k), and to find densities, we needed a way to group them in a natural way together into suitable classes. A look at the cumulative distribution functions (cdf s) of the half squared distances Cjfc at residue distance d = i — k (w.l.o.g. >0), displayed in Figure 1, shows that the residue distances 8 and higher behave very similarly so in a first step we truncated all residue distances larger than 8 to 8. 

The three moments higher than the quadrupole are the octopole, hexapole and decapoli. Methane is an example of a molecule whose lowest non-zero multipole moment is the octopole. The entire set of electric moments is required to completely and exactly describe the distribution of charge in a molecule. However, the series expansion is often truncated after the dipole or quadrupole as these are often the most significant. 

Gram-Charlier Series This is an infinite series whose coefficients involve the Gaussian distribution and its derivatives (Kendall, Advanced Theory of Statistics, vol. 1, Griffin, 1958). The derivatives, in turn, are expressed in terms of the moments. The series truncated at the coefficient involving the fourth moment is... 

This equation may also be used to calculate the wall thickness distribution in deep truncated cone shapes but note that its derivation is only valid up to the point when the spherical bubble touches the centre of the base. Thereafter the analysis involves a volume balance with freezing-off on the base and sides of the cone. 

Rt >n for lure data Monte Carlo simulation Normal, log-nonmal, uniform, any distribution in the form of a histogram, truncated normal, beta Can conelate input parametjefs no sorting n ry to obtain the t( nthislogram IBM From .ue (... 

Under specific circumstances, alternative forms for ks j have been proposed like the parabolic or the truncated Gaussian probability distribution function for example [154]. 

The stagnant region can be detected if the mean residence time is known independently, i.e., from Equation (1.41). Suppose we know that f=lh for this reactor and that we truncate the integration of Equation (15.13) after 5h. If the tank were well mixed (i.e., if W t) had an exponential distribution), the integration of Equation (15.13) out to 5f would give an observed t of... 

The linking pattern of two zeolites is shown in Fig. 16.24. They have the /I-cage as one of their building blocks, that is, a truncated octahedron, a polyhedron with 24 vertices and 14 faces. In the synthetic zeolite A (Linde A) the /3-cages form a cubic primitive lattice, and are joined by cubes. j3-Cages distributed in the same manner as the atoms in diamond and linked by hexagonal prisms make up the structure of faujasite (zeolite X). 

Within the computational scheme described in the course of this work, the available information about the atomic substructure (core+valence) can be taken into account explicitly. In the simplest possible calculation, a fragment of atomic cores is used, and a MaxEnt distribution for valence electrons is computed by modulation of a uniform prior prejudice. As we have shown in the noise-free calculations on l-alanine described in Section 3.1.1, the method will yield a better representation of bonding and non-bonding valence charge concentration regions, but bias will still be present because of Fourier truncation ripples and aliasing errors ... 

In crystals, the scattering densities are periodic and the Bragg amplitudes are the Fourier components of these periodic distributions. In principle, the scattering density p(r) is given by the inverse Fourier series of the experimental structure factors. Such a series implies an infinite sum on the Miller indices h, k, l. Actually, what is performed is a truncated sum, where the indices are limited to those reflections really measured, and where all the structure factors are noisy, as a result of the uncertainty of the measurement. Given these error bars and the limited set of measured reflections, there exist a very large number of maps compatible with the data. Among those, the truncated Fourier inversion procedure selects one of them the map whose Fourier coefficients are equal to zero for the unmeasured reflections and equal to the exact observed values otherwise. This is certainly an arbitrary choice. 

The reason is truncation of dynamics in low-resolution modes in a 14-bit-detector each pixel in low-resolution mode can contain 0 to 16382 counts. With the next photon an arithmetic overflow will occur and the pixel is saturated. In high-resolution mode the same area of the detector is represented by 4 pixels, and if the intensity is evenly distributed it takes 4 times longer before the pixels will be saturated. If the high resolution is not required and the cycle time is 30 s or longer, it is good practice to store away the big files on a spacious USB hard-disk and afterwards to bin the data. 

Several computed IDFs of iterated stochastic structures are presented in Fig. 8.40. As long as the crystallite thickness is uniform, the truncated exponentials of the amorphous thickness distributions are clearly identified in the IDF. 

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