Strategies for increasing the Efficiency of a Genetic Algorithm for the Structural Optimization of Nanoalloy Clusters

Lesley Lloyd, Roy Johnston, S Salhi

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Abstract

An improved genetic algorithm (GA) is described that has been developed to increase the efficiency of finding the global minimum energy isomers for nanoalloy clusters. The GA is optimized for the example Pt12Pd12, with specific investigation of: the effect of biasing the initial population by seeding; the effect of removing specified clusters from the population ("predation"); and the effect of varying the type of mutation operator applied. These changes are found to significantly enhance the efficiency of the GA, which is subsequently demonstrated by the application of the best strategy to a new cluster, namely Pt19Pd19.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1069-1078
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Computational Chemistry
Volume26
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jul 2005

Keywords

  • nanoalloys
  • bimetallic clusters
  • genetic algorithms
  • geometry optimization

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