Figure 8.

Information gathering. (a) The number of configurations N and respective information content I(C) in Δs_z = 0. 1 Å wide intervals. (b) Variance σ_X of the F′ values stored in the FSA. (c) Correlation ρ between the F′ values of all states between which a direct transition exists. (d) The approximate number of steps K that would be required to identify a molecular configuration unambiguously with correlation (blue curve) and without correlation (ρ(s_z) = 0, green curve). All quantities are calculated for a series of s_z intervals of 0.1 Å width.