Nuclear reactor reload using Quantum Inspired Algorithm

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-48

  Nicolau, Andressa Dos Santos ^a   Schirru, Roberto ^a   Monteiro De Lima, Alan Miranda ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

In Core fuel Management optimization; PWR nuclear reactor reload; Quantum Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL COUNTERPART; CLASSICAL PROBLEMS; FAST CONVERGENCE; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; META HEURISTICS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PWR NUCLEAR REACTOR RELOAD; QUANTUM EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; QUANTUM INSPIRED EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; SAFETY REGULATIONS;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RESEARCH; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84855714938     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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