A feasible set for chemical speciation problems

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 277-291

  Brassard, Pierre ^a,b   Bodurtha, Paul ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Chemical equilibrium; Convergence; Optimization; Simplex

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 0033999640     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00137-5     Document Type: Article

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