Provide volume fraction distribution analysis in SasView (Trac #1170)

[smk78]

We should look to provide the functionality for volume fraction distribution analysis in !SasView for the metallurgy/geology/ceramics community in the same way that we provide distance distribution analysis for the biological community.

The principles are discussed in:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2016.06.121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889888004819

There is no publicly-available software that does this and it would bring new users to !SasView, as well as improve the translation of SANS data from these systems into papers.

Could be a future student project?

Migrated from http://trac.sasview.org/ticket/1170

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    "workpackage": "SasView GUI Enhancements",
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    "milestone": "SasView Next Release +1",
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[smk78]

A related approach is that best exemplified by Alan Hinde's PRINSAS program:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889804021260

Which is also not publicly-available anymore and uses Excel macros.