The fast simulated annealing algorithm applied to the search problem in LEED

Authors
Nascimento, VB de Carvalho, VE de Castilho, CMC Costa, BV Soares, EA
Citation
Vb. Nascimento et al., The fast simulated annealing algorithm applied to the search problem in LEED, SURF SCI, 487(1-3), 2001, pp. 15-27
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
SURFACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00396028 → ACNP
Volume
487
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
15 - 27
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(20010720)487:1-3<15:TFSAAA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
In this work we present new results obtained from the application of the fa st simulated algorithm (FSA) to the surface structure determination of the Ag(1 1 0) and CdTe(1 1 0) systems. The influence of a control parameter, th e "initial temperature", on the FSA search process was investigated. A scal ing behaviour, that measures the efficiency of a search method as a functio n of the number of parameters to be varied, was obtained for the FSA algori thm, and indicated a favourable linear scaling (N-1). (C) 2001 Elsevier Sci ence B.V. All rights reserved.