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PROBLEM DEFINITION, QUALITATIVE ERROR PREDICTION AND REPRESENTATION. The recommended problem definition and qualitative error prediction approach for use with SLIM has been described in Section 5.3.1 and 5.3.2. The fact that PIFs are explicitly assessed as part of this approach to qualitative error prediction means that a large proportion of the data requirements for SLIM are already available prior to quantification. SLIM usually quantifies tasks at whatever level calibration data are available, that is, it does not need to perform quantification by combining together task element probabilities from a data base. SLIM can therefore be used for the global quantification of tasks. Task elements quantified by SLIM may also be combined together using event trees similar to those used in THERP. 

Some of the reasons for these drawbacks are inherent to the heterogeneous character. The multiplicity of active sites in terms of surface and bulk structure and their low concentration prevent the easiness of achievement of a reUable structure-activity relationship, a necessary step for improvement of existing catalysts or even for a predictive approach for new catalytic reactions. Despite all these drawbacks, heterogeneous catalysis remains the most applied solution for one simple reason catalyst separation from reagents or reaction products is usually easy which renders industrial processes more easily achievable. 

Among the predictive approaches for non-congeneric chemicals, the best performance was attained by human experts that combined, in a non-formalized manner, several lines of evidence and information. 

Hudecz F, Ross H, Price MR, et al. Immunoconjugate design a predictive approach for coupling of daunomycin to monoclonal antibodies. Bioconjug Chem 1990 1 197-204. 

The following paragraphs list additional data resources relevant for structure prediction approaches. For knowledge-based methods it is essential to make the most efficient use of the relevant information to come up with a plausible prediction. Doing so seems to be the most promising approach to the problem. 

Vighi, M. and Di Guardo, A. (1995). Predictive approaches for the evaluation of pesticide exposure. In Pesticide Risk in Groundwter, ed. M. Vighi and E. Funari, pp. 73-100. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL. 

Predictive approaches for the evaluation of environmental exposure to potentially dangerous chemicals are essential for a number of reasons. From a practical point of view, enviromnental monitoring can be performed only a posteriori, after the emission of contaminants and, in extreme cases, after the occurrence of enviromnental damage. Therefore monitoring could allow planning of recovery measures but not any type of prevention. 

Sorana BD, Lorentz J (2011) Predictivity approach for quantitative structure prediction models application for blood barrier permeation for diverse drug like compounds. Int J Mol Sci 12(7) 4348 386... 

The results of our prediction approach for all the pockets are summarized in Table XXXVIII. Note that the percentage predictive error is less than 5%, except for pocket 9 where the large inherent deviation between the two crystals prohibits a more accurate prediction. 

The efficient design of new materials with specific properties and applications requires the property prediction of candidate materials and the use of these predictions to evaluate, screen, and guide the material synthesis. To meet this challenge, we need to extend the existing theoretical methods and develop new prediction approaches for nanocomposites. Such prediction requires some important information such as the properties of individual components (i.e., nanoparticle and polymer), processing methods and conditions, structure and morphology of the nanocomposites, and, more importantly, the nature of the interfadal region. 

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