Efficient algorithms for large scale global optimization: Lennard-Jones clusters

Computational Optimization and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-190

  Locatelli, Marco ^a   Schoen, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global optimization; Lennard Jones clusters; Molecular conformation; Monotonic basin hopping; Multistart; Stochastic algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATOMS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

LENNARD-JONES CLUSTERS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONOTONIC BOSON HOPPING; MULTISTART; STOCHASTIC ALGORITHMS; STOCHASTIC GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION;

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0242270922     PISSN: 09266003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025798414605     Document Type: Article

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