Global Optimization for Molecular Clusters Using a New Smoothing Approach

Journal of Global Optimization

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-196

  Shao, Chung Shang ^a   Byrd, Richard ^a   Eskow, Elizabeth ^a   Schnabel, Robert B ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Optimization; Lennard Jones Problems; Molecular Chemistry; Smoothing Techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346742356     PISSN: 09255001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008387208683     Document Type: Article

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