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Fig. 3.7
(
a
) The histogram
for the number of extra
droplets consumed in all
possible situations of
exponential dilution bioassay;
(
b
) the histogram for the time
spans of effective dictionary
entries when N
max
D
a
3500
3169
3000
2500
2000
5
1500
1000
720
664
422
500
100
205
36
24 16
0
012345678
Number of extra droplets consumed in error recovery
b
Tabl e 3. 6
Effective
dictionary entries
corresponding to different
values of N
max
in the
exponential dilution bioassay
No. effective
Coverage
Max. time
Min. time
N
max
entries
rate (%)
span (s)
span (s)
2
4,013
74.92
222
5
3
4,113
76.79
230
5
5
4,747
88.63
237
5
8
5,356
100.00
237
5
The parameter N
max
denotes the maximum number of additional droplets that
can be used in error-recovery when we consider the cost of samples and reagents.
When N
max
is set as 2, 3, 5, and 8, the numbers of effective entries that are recorded
in the dictionary are 4,013, 4,113, 4,747, and 5,356, respectively. The minimum and
maximum time spans of these effective entries corresponding to different value of
N
max
can be found in Table
3.6
. For example, when N
max
D
5, the time spans of
