Parallel Random Tunneling Algorithm for Structural Optimization of Lennard-Jones Clusters up to N = 330

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 193-199

  Shao, Xueguang ^a   Jiang, Haiyan ^a   Cai, Wensheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

RANDOM TUNNELING ALGORITHMS (RTA); SIMULATED ANNEALING (SA);

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 1842740917     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci0340862     Document Type: Article

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