HOGBEN

Holistic Optimization for Generating Better Experimental Neutrons

About the Project

For the original repositories that this work is based on, see fisher-information and experimental-design.

Using the Fisher information (FI), the design of neutron reflectometry experiments can be optimised, leading to greater confidence in parameters of interest and better use of experimental time. This package contains modules and data for optimising the design of a wide range of reflectometry experiments.

Please refer to the notebooks for an introduction on how to use the code.

This repository is named after Lancelot Hogben, whose relentless opposition of eugenics (and vocal criticism of Ronald Fisher's views on it) we applaud.

Citation

Please cite the following article if you intend on including elements of this work in your own publications:

Durant, J. H., Wilkins, L. and Cooper, J. F. K. Optimising experimental design in neutron reflectometry. arXiv:2108.05605 (2021).

Or with BibTeX as:

@misc{Durant2021,
   title         = {Optimising experimental design in neutron reflectometry}, 
   author        = {Durant, J. H. and Wilkins, L. and Cooper, J. F. K.},
   year          = {2021},
   eprint        = {2108.05605},
   archivePrefix = {arXiv},
   primaryClass  = {physics.data-an}
}

Contact

Jos Cooper - jos.cooper@stfc.ac.uk
James Durant - james.durant@warwick.ac.uk
Lucas Wilkins - lucas@lucaswilkins.com

Acknowledgements

We thank Luke Clifton for his assistance and expertise in fitting the lipid monolayer and lipid bilayer data sets.

License

Distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License. See license for more information.