Two stochastic optimization algorithms applied to nuclear reactor core design

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 525-539

  Sacco, Wagner F ^a,b   de oliveira, Cassiano R E ^a   Pereira, Cláudio M N A ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Metaheuristics; Nuclear reactor design; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; METADATA; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

METAHEURISTICS; NUCLEAR REACTOR DESIGN; PARTICLE COLLISION ALGORITHM (PCA); STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33747113596     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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