Maximum ignorance

However, consider the opposing argument. Because the zm are known, by Eq. (32) a unique object is ML in the absence of data. Can this represent a state of maximum ignorance ... 

For these reasons, following MacQueen and Marschak (1975), we use as an alternative definition of maximum ignorance... 

This is more in the spirit of maximum ignorance than was the preceding definition (31). 

In summary, it makes more sense for maximum ignorance about a spectrum to mean an infinity of equally likely possibilities (33) than to imply the unique, equal-energy white spectrum (31). 

We can summarize this situation by the statement that the ML object obeys Jaynes s maximum-entropy principle when the white object definition (31) of maximum ignorance is used and when the object is of such low intensity that the df sites are mostly unoccupied. The latter situation is obeyed by weak astronomical objects such as planets in the visible and IR regions and the sun in the visible region (see Kikuchi and Softer, 1977). 

High conviction of white object Qm = 1 /M for all m, low occupancy ratio njzm High conviction of white object Qm = 1 /M for all m, high occupancy ratio njzm Maximum ignorance (MacQueen-Mar-schak), general occupancy ratio njzm Impartial conviction, empirical data, general occupancy ratio njzm... 

The drop in pressure when a stream of gas or liquid flows over a surface can be estimated from the given approximate formula if viscosity effects are ignored. The example calculation reveals that, with the sorts of gas flows common in a concentric-tube nebulizer, the liquid (the sample solution) at the end of the innermost tube is subjected to a partial vacuum of about 0.3 atm. This vacuum causes the liquid to lift out of the capillary, where it meets the flowing gas stream and is broken into an aerosol. For cross-flow nebulizers, the vacuum created depends critically on the alignment of the gas and liquid flows but, as a maximum, it can be estimated from the given formula. 

Although experimental results could be fitted well with irreversible rate models, ignoring thermodynamic facts could be disastrous. Although reversibility moderated the maximum temperature at runaway, it was not the most important qualitative result. In fact, the one dimensional (directional, or irreversible, correctly) model was not realistic at these conditions. For the prediction of incipient runaway and the AT ax permissible before runaway, the reversibility was obviously important. 

Thus, the user can input the minimum site boundary distance as the minimum distance for calculation and obtain a concentration estimate at the site boundary and beyond, while ignoring distances less than the site boundary. If the automated distance array is used, then the SCREEN model will use an iteration routine to determine the maximum value and associated distance to the nearest meter. If the minimum and maximum distances entered do not encompass the true maximum concentration, then the maximum value calculated by SCREEN may not be the true maximum. Therefore, it is recommended that the maximum distance be set sufficiently large initially to ensure that the maximum concentration is found. This distance will depend on the source, and some trial and error may be necessary however, the user can input a distance of 50,000 m to examine the entire array. The iteration routine stops after 50 iterations and prints out a message if the maximum is not found. Also, since there may be several local maxima in the concentration distribution associated with different wind speeds, it is possible that SCREEN will not identify the overall maximum in its iteration. This is not likely to be a frequent occurrence, but will be more likely for stability classes C and D due to the larger number of wind speeds examined. 

A possible adjunct to the laminate design procedure is a specific laminate failure criterion that is based on the maximum strain criterion. In such a criterion, all lamina failure modes are ignored except for fiber failure. That is, matrix cracking is regarded as unimportant. The criterion is exercised by finding the strains in the fiber directions of each layer. When these strains exceed the fiber failure strain in a particular type of layer, then that layer is deemed to have failed. Obviously, more laminae of that fiber orientation are needed to successfully resist the applied load. That is, this criterion allows us to preserve the identity of the failing lamina or laminae so that more laminae of that type (fiber orientation) can be added to the laminate to achieve a positive margin of safety. 

In view of the problems referred to above in connection with direct potentiometry, much attention has been directed to the procedure of potentio-metric titration as an analytical method. As the name implies, it is a titrimetric procedure in which potentiometric measurements are carried out in order to fix the end point. In this procedure we are concerned with changes in electrode potential rather than in an accurate value for the electrode potential with a given solution, and under these circumstances the effect of the liquid junction potential may be ignored. In such a titration, the change in cell e.m.f. occurs most rapidly in the neighbourhood of the end point, and as will be explained later (Section 15.18), various methods can be used to ascertain the point at which the rate of potential change is at a maximum this is at the end point of the titration. 

However, the fact that lithium hydroxide formation was ignored when fi5 for Li was calculated might account for the low observed value for this metal. Again, both ne-/ne-,oq. and k65 appear to achieve maximum values for metals with ionization potentials of about 170 kcal./mole whereas the energy available from the reaction... 

A dynamic ordinary differential equation was written for the number concentration of particles in the reactor. In the development of EPM, we have assumed that the size dependence of the coagulation rate coefficients can be ignored above a certain maximum size, which should be chosen sufficiently large so as not to affect the final result. If the particle size distribution is desired, the particle number balance would have to be a partial differential equation in volume and time as shown by other investigators ( ). 

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