Optimization of the loading pattern of the PWR core using genetic algorithms and multi-purpose fitness function
By: Wojciech Kubiński
, Piotr Darnowski and Kamil Chęć
, Piotr Darnowski and Kamil Chęć References
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Language: English
Page range: 147 - 151
Submitted on: Jan 18, 2021
Accepted on: Feb 7, 2021
Published on: Nov 25, 2021
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