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IN the evaluation of experimental data it is not unusual to find frequency distribution curves resulting from the overlap of two or more normal components. The problem in such cases is to determine the parameters of each component in such a way as to give the best fit to the experimental results.
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AGENO, M., FRONTALI, C. Analysis of Frequency Distribution Curves in Overlapping Gaussians. Nature 198, 1294–1295 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981294a0
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