2 papers
cond-mat.mes-hall2020
Automatic Learning of Topological Phase Boundaries
Alexander Kerr, Geo Jose, Colin Riggert +1
Topological phase transitions, which do not adhere to Landau's phenomenological model (i.e. a spontaneous symmetry breaking process and vanishing local order parameters) have been…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018
A Comparison of Genetic Algorithms and Simulated Annealing in Maximizing the Thermal Conductivity of Discrete Massive Chains
Alexander Kerr, Kieran Mullen
Functions of chemical composition are complex and discrete in nature making it impossible to optimize them with gradient methods. Genetic algorithms, which do not use derivative in…