CRPC-TR99791						April 1999

Title: The Bayesian Statistical Approach to the Phase Problem in Protein
X-ray Crystallography

Authors: Zhijun Wu, George Phillips, Richard Tapia, and Yin Zhang

Submitted November 1999

Abstract: We review a Bayesian statistical approach to the phase problem
in protein X-ray crystallography. We discuss the mathematical foundations
and the computational issues. The introduction to the theory and the
algorithms does not require strong background in X-ray crystallography and
related physical disciplines.

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Zhijun Wu
zwu@caam.rice.edu
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Rice University

George Phillips
georgep@rice.edu
Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Rice University

Richard Tapia
rat@caam.rice.edu
Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Rice University

Yin Zhang
zhang@caam.rice.edu
Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Rice University