A genetic algorithm for Lennard-Jones atomic clusters

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 85-90

  Barron C ^a   Gomez S ^a   Romero, D ^b   Saavedra, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atomic cluster; Genetic algorithm; Global optimization; Lennard Jones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002478724     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(99)00106-8     Document Type: Article

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