Global Optima of Lennard-Jones Clusters

Journal of Global Optimization

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-53

  Leary, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global optimization; Lennard Jones cluster; Molecular conformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008485650     PISSN: 09255001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008276425464     Document Type: Article

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