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Minimum variance weights minimise Rfree

The expected values derived above are only applicable for correctly weighted least-squares refinements. However tex2html_wrap_inline1138 has also been used to optimise the weighting of geometrical or temperature factor terms in refinement by adjusting the weights so as to minimise tex2html_wrap_inline1138 (Brünger, 1992, 1993). It is therefore of interest to enquire how tex2html_wrap_inline1138 responds to variations in weighting.

Appendix III shows that the weights tex2html_wrap_inline1450 which correctly reflect experimental and model errors, minimise the variance of both the refined parameters tex2html_wrap_inline1312 , and also the expected value of the sum of the squares of the unweighted residuals in the test set. Hence the choice of these weights approximately minimises tex2html_wrap_inline1138 . One method of estimating such weights has been described by Tickle, Laskowski & Moss (1998).


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