title: The partial structure with errors: a probabilistic treatment.
abstract: The method of the joint probability distribution functions has been applied to the case in which observed (with errors) and calculated structure factors are available, the latter referred to a part of the structure with finite errors in the coordinates, the thermal parameters and the scattering factors. Results obtained by other authors are confirmed and generalized. A new relationship is found to estimate the parameter sigmaA, affecting the reliability of the estimates of cos(varphi-varphip). Some practical applications are described.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Crystallography - CNR, Via G. Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Rocco
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caliandro
authors.forename: Benedetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carrozzini
authors.forename: Giovanni Luca
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Cascarano
authors.forename: Liberato
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Caro
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giacovazzo
authors.forename: Marat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moustiakimov
authors.forename: Dritan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Siliqi