Reasonable values for gamma
In practice, we have only used the nominal value
from the Turner energy rules and formerly from the original application
of the JS model where
. Deviating from that value is
certainly not a crime, but with a little thought, one might realize
that the effect from this contribution would be mainly to weight
the entropy less or more depending on whether
or
respectively. The contribution from the second term
in (9) is a constant, and the third term is usually
neglectable for these problems (but not all problems). In
many cases therefore, the result does not change dramatically when
this parameter is changed.
In short, if you really desire to know what will happen, you are
free, but consider also that that is why you are lost. Limits have
been set such that
, where values in the
middle seem the most sensable.