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>Descriptor</H1
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>Radial distribution function (RDF)</H2
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>The radial distribution function (RDF) [<A
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>Equation 1. Radial distribution function</B
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where <SPAN
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>If <SPAN
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> vanishes. So the RDF code can be treated as a generalized
autocorrelation function.</P
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>The RDF user parameters can be defined in the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>joelib.properties</TT
>-file, otherwise the default parameters will be used:</P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>jcompchem.joelib.desc.types.RadialDistributionFunction.minSphericalVolume = 0.2
joelib.desc.types.RadialDistributionFunction.maxSphericalVolume = 10.0
joelib.desc.types.RadialDistributionFunction.sphericalVolumeResolution = 0.2
joelib.desc.types.RadialDistributionFunction.smoothingFactor = 25</PRE
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>Optional the RDF can be calculated with protonated molecules, but you must be sure that all available atom
properties are calculated with hydrogens also. Because this is not the standard, this option should be only used by developers.</P
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