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> Since Frank has cited me, I should say that I believe that 
> NCS would indeed improve the location of the heavy atoms in 
> the dual space method, but it is difficult to find a robust 
> and efficient algorithm to do it. 
> If the NCS analysis is applied each dual space cycle it could 
> cost more time than it saves, and the secret of the dual 
> space method is its computational efficiency. If I find a 
> good way of course I will put in into shelxd.

As far as I could tell, ZO didn't refer to the algorithm itself, but rather
to the distribution of heavy atoms in the ASU, namely as layers for high
rotational NCS (5-fold for me).  Which would do something or other to what
reflections make up the used triplets or something -- but I've not got
further than that, and it's quite enough vague hand-waving for now.  

phx


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