Fig 12. Reduced Sensitivity as the Number of Dilutions Increases—Constant Available Partitioning.

Fig. shows the deteriorating sensitivity for the lower limit of detect by increasing the number of dilution steps across available partitioning. Impacts to sensitivity are greatest at high levels of precision (e.g., 5%) but do substantially lessen as precision requirements are relaxed. X-axis depicts an increasing number of dilution steps spread across a constant number (20,160) of available partitions.