A novel channel selection method for CANDU refuelling based on the BPANN and GA techniques

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1081-1099

  Huo, Xiaodong ^a   Xie, Zhongsheng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CANDU; CHANNEL SELECTION; POWER DISTRIBUTION;

REACTOR REFUELING;

EID: 17744391386     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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