Stellar structure modeling using a parallel genetic algorithm for objective global optimization

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 176-193

  Metcalfe, Travis S ^a,b   Charbonneau, Paul ^c  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization; Parallel computation; Stellar structure

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WHITE DWARFS;

COMPUTATIONAL SETTINGS; EVOLUTIONARY OPERATORS; GLOBAL OPTIMISATION; HEURISTIC SEARCH TECHNIQUE; OPTIMISATIONS; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; PARALLEL GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL HARDWARE; STELLAR STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE MODELS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0037429535     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(02)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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