Simulated Annealing Search Algorithm for the Determination of Activation Energies and Arrhenius Prefactors from Limited Experimental Kinetic Data

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1204-1210

  Terry, David B ^a   Bader, Jessica L ^a   Messina, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0041721036     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci990332r     Document Type: Article

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