Particle swarm optimization in reactor core design

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-203

  Domingos, Roberto P ^a   Schirru, Roberto ^a   Pereira, Cláudio M N A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 33144459386     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE06-A2575     Document Type: Article

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