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To: Brumar89 who wrote (604236)	3/18/2011 8:54:11 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575556

If I thought you understood what Gaussian means, you might have a dig, but you don't. I used Gaussian to describe the oil curve since the parameters of oil depletion and the resulting distribution strongly parallel other phenomena that are modeled using a Gaussian.... I'm familiar with it's application to diffusion in semiconductors....ie a LIMITED amount of diffusion source results in a redistribution curve that looks exactly like that...I've compared it to a limited amount of oil being consumed (distributed) over time.. That concept may be arguable but in my mind I feel comfortable with the analogy. But I am impressed that you made the effort to learn what it is.....