A grand canonical genetic algorithm for the prediction of multi-component phase diagrams and testing of empirical potentials

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 25, Issue 49, 2013, Pages

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

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED-ATOM MODELS; EMPIRICAL POTENTIALS; ENERGY LANDSCAPE; GRAND CANONICAL; LOCAL STRUCTURE; MULTICOMPONENTS; PHASE DIAGRAM PREDICTION; STRUCTURE PREDICTION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

FORECASTING;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; ZIRCONIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM; CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC; COPPER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; QUANTUM THEORY; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84887594991     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/49/495401     Document Type: Article

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