Implementation of the multidirectional search algorithm on an automated chemistry workstation. A parallel yet adaptive approach for reaction optimization

Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-256

  Du, Hai ^a   Jindal, Sabeena ^a   Lindsey, Jonathan S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated chemistry workstation; Multidirectional search; Simplex

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033517150     PISSN: 01697439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7439(99)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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