Optimization of site occupancies in minerals using quadratic programming

American Mineralogist

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 524-531

  Wright, Stephen E ^a   Foley, Jeffrey A ^a   Hughes, John M ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

BOND VALENCE SUMS; MATLAB PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL SITE; RE-EVALUATION; REFINED STRUCTURES; SITE OCCUPANCY; STRUCTURAL FORMULA; STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS;

MATLAB;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034054053     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2000-0414     Document Type: Article

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