Genetic algorithms - a new technique for solving the neutron spectrum unfolding problem

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 425, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 549-576

  Freeman, David W ^a   Ray Edwards, D ^a   Bolon, Albert E ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

BONNER SPHERE NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE UMRGA; SPECTRUM UNFOLDING;

NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0345534765     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)01427-2     Document Type: Article

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