Experimental results benchmark designs

These experiments and a set of comparative calculations using the KENO IV code are expected to be completed in March 1981. The calculations will be performed by F. G. Welfare and E. L. Maceda of B W, and will be presented with the final experimental results. These results will provide a new body of benchmark data with which to validate criticality codes used to design high-density pin storage racks. 

Finally, the system implementation of Hercules and Hebe is described in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 describes several design scenarios and presents the experimental results of applying the synthesis system to the design of benchmark circuits and chip designs. Chapter 12 concludes this research and proposes avenues of further research. 

Of course, the strict separation of theoretical, computational, and experimental chemistry is of an academic nature. In practice, theoreticians often not only develop a new method but also need to design more efficient algorithms to make the method applicable. Before computational results can be interpreted, computational chemists need to undertake benchmark studies to determine the limitations of a method. Without the knowledge about the accuracy of the applied mathematical model, any computational study is without scientific significance. Likewise, many experimentalists use computer programs to support or complement their experimental smdies. 

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