Discussion and Conclusion

Abstract

In this Dissertation, we have described a body of research which, though hopefully described in a self-contained and internally-consistent way, so far as possible, necessarily takes root in a long and distinguished tradition of methodological development in initio simulation. With such a tradition in mind and a body of accompanying literature which is by now so vast, one worries about whether sufficient note has been given of any number of seminal works which have lead towards this modest one. We can only offer our apologies if this has been the case, any omission is due to our ignorance and, of course, not deliberate intent.