Random Search Methods

Modern Methods of Crystal Structure Prediction

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 55-66

  Tipton, William W ^a   Hennig, Richard G ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Density functional theory (DFT); Genetic algorithm; Lennard Jones systems; Murrell Mottram potential; Nearest neighbor distances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886000976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527632831.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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