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Phase annealing in SHELX-90: direct methods for larger structures

George M. Sheldrick
- 01 Jun 1990 - 
- Vol. 46, Iss: 6, pp 467-473
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In this article, a phase annealing method, related to the simulated-annealing approach in other optimization problems, is proposed and it is shown that it can result in an improvement of up to an order of magnitude in the chances of solving large structures at atomic resolution.
Abstract
A number of extensions to the multisolution approach to the crystallographic phase problem are discussed in which the negative quartet relations play an important role. A phase annealing method, related to the simulated annealing approach in other optimization problems, is proposed and it is shown that it can result in an improvement of up to an order of magnitude in the chances of solving large structures at atomic resolution. The ideas presented here are incorporated in the program system SHELX-90; the philosophical and mathematical background to the direct-methods part (SHELXS) of this system is described.

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Crystallographic Computing 3: Data Collection, Structure Determination, Proteins and Databases

TL;DR: The latest in a series on crystallographic computing, this collection of 33 papers covers the full spectrum of computer applications in crystallography, including the use of micro-, mini-, and mainframe computers.