Swapping technique

There are several ways of resolving the initial integer ambiguities. One may start the measurements from two known stations, or one may use the antenna swap technique proposed by Remondi (1986). Lastly, one may re-visit the first new station after, say, 30 minutes, when sufficient time has elapsed for the geometry of the satellite constellation to... 

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Since we could not possibly store each possible variation on the basis, it is important for us to be able at any point in the calculation to adapt the basis to match the current system. It may be necessary to change the basis (make a basis swap, in modeling vernacular) for several reasons. This chapter describes how basis swaps can be accomplished in a computer model, and Chapter 11 shows how this technique can be applied to automatically balance chemical reactions and calculate equilibrium constants. 

The model then swaps aqueous species Aj into the basis locations Ak held by the mineral components. The technique for swapping the basis is explained in Chapter 5, and a method for selecting an appropriate species Aj to include in the basis is described in Chapter 4. When the procedure is complete, the equilibrium system contains only the original fluid. 

We will refer to physical measurements of die form in Table 5.1 as the A block and those in Table 5.2 as the c block. One area of confusion is that users of different techniques in chemometrics tend to employ incompatible notation. In the area of experimental design it is usual to call the measured response v e.g. the absorbance in a spectrum, and the concentration or any related parameter V. In traditional multivariate calibration this notation is swapped around. For die purpose of a coherent text it would be confusing to use two opposite notations however, some compatibility widi die established literature is desirable. Figure 5.1 illustrates the notation used in this text. 

Alternatively, the techniques of ITCHY (Ostermeier et al., 1999a) and SCRATCHY (Ostermeier et at, 1999b) may be used to accomplish the non-homologous swapping of secondary structures required within our protocol. 

A [ C N]-labelled sample of Crh was prepared by mixing equal amounts of [ N]- and C]-labelled protein under denaturing conditions, followed by renaturation and microcrystallization. Application of the NHHC technique reveals a variety of intermolecular contacts (shown in Fig. 16) that, apart from differences in terms of local protein dynamics, suggest that domain swapping also occurs in the microcrystalline state of Crh. 

During the calculation, minerals may dissolve completely or precipitate, and therefore need to be swapped in or out of the basis by the program as the calculation proceeds. Bethke (1996) shows clearly how this is accomplished using the techniques of linear algebra. 

Cleaning techniques may range from a simple dusting with a soft brush, to careful removal of light deposits with aid of a scalpel, or in some instances using spit on a cotton swap to effectively remove the deposit, with the enzymes in the spit providing a cleaning action. For harder deposits, microabrasive techniques can be used, or, in some cases, poultices may be applied. 

To improve the sampling of insertions of flexible molecules, such as the alkanes, the configurational-bias Monte Carlo technique [29,32-35,37,59] can be used. Configurational-bias Monte Carlo replaces the conventional random insertion of entire molecules with a scheme in which the chain molecule is inserted atom by atom such that conformations with favorable energies are preferentially found. The resulting bias of the particle-swap step in the Gibbs ensemble is removed by special acceptance rules [60,61] [compare to Eq. (3.3) of first chapter in this volume]... 

In selecting the model, a practitioner will select the market variables that are incorporated in the model these can be directly observed such as zero-coupon rates or forward rates, or swap rates, or they can be indeterminate such as the mean of the short rate. The practitioner will then decide the dynamics of these market or state variables, so, for example, the short rate may be assumed to be mean reverting. Finally, the model must be calibrated to market prices so, the model parameter values input must be those that produce market prices as accurately as possible. There are a number of ways that parameters can be estimated the most common techniques of calibrating time series data such as interest rate data are general method of moments and the maximum likelihood method. For information on these estimation methods, refer to the bibliography. 

The traditional approach to yield curve fitting involves the calculation of a set of discount factors from market interest rates. From this, a spot yield curve can be estimated. The market data can be money market interest rates, futures and swap rates and bond yields. In general, though this approach tends to produce ragged spot rates and a forward rate curve with pronounced jagged knot points, due to the scarcity of data along the maturity structure. A refinement of this technique is to use polynomial approximation to the yield curve. 

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