The tradition in science publishing has been to leave out the nitty-gritty details. Most specialists will know (or quickly deduce) most available methods (unles

The tradition in science publishing has been to leave out the nitty-gritty details. Most specialists will know (or quickly deduce) most available methods (unless the results are a radical improvement). As for the details, that's what conferences and telephones and joining the department and gossip are for.