Application of the Genetic Algorithm to
A Simplified Form of the Phase Problem
B. Lovell, and M. Zwick
System Science PhD Program, Portland State University,
Portland, Oregon 97207
Cybernetics and Systems Research 1992,
261-268
The Genetic
Algorithm, a technique for global optimization which simulates evolutionary
adaptation, is applied to a simplified form of the "phase problem" in
theoretical crystallography. Results are compared with those of a
problem-specific algorithm.