Move class operators

In the next section the ideas behind several methods, including the GA and a simulated annealing (SA) approach [19,20], then their implementation used to generate ionic crystal structures are reviewed. This will contain an introduction to the types of move class operators and the various types of cost functions used to modify the current trial structure(s) and to assess the quality of the trial structures, respectively. In the third section recent applications of the GA and SA approaches to closest-packed ionic systems and then to open-framework crystal structures are reviewed. 

From candidate structures where the ionic coordinates are initially randomised, both SA and the GA require move class operators which can generate new candidate structures from the current candidate structure(s). The success of both methods is dependent upon the definitions of these operators. It is important that the desired structures are accessible using the move class operators. 

Although there are different definitions of the GA move class operator mutate, the purpose of mutate is the same to prevent the population of candidate structures becoming a population of similar candidate structures (to maintain the diversity of the population). Likewise there are also different definitions for the GA move class crossover. In one definition mutate is the process of randomly displacing one ion within a candidate structure and crossover is the process of swapping a random number of ionic coordinates in the simulated DNA of two candidate structures within the current population. Note that in the crossover process the nth variable of one simulated DNA sequence is swapped with the nth variable of the other. 

Of course there is no reason for swapping just one section. Using the binary representation of the simulated DNA, we can vary the number and length of the random sections of 0 s and l s. Whether swapping one or many sections is more beneficial will depend on the environment, or indeed the stage (earlier or later populations) of the GA [29]. Some experimenting with the GA parameters/move class operators is always advisable. 

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Encapsulation is not quite as important for abstract models as for implementations. Suppose we implement a position on a surface as a class with (x, y) coordinates and provide operations for moving it, finding the distance from another position, and so on. Later, we decide it would be better, instead of (x,y), to store the position as (distance from origin, angle from x-axis). We must rewrite my operation code if I did not encapsulate my code carefully, clients that used the (x,y) variables directly would no longer work. 

A revolving propeller traces out a helix in the fluid. One full revolution moves the liquid a fixed distance. The ratio of this distance to the propeller diameter is known as the pitch. In the case of turbines, pitch is the angle the blades make with the horizontal plane. Propellers are members of the axial class of impeller agitators. The propeller is turned so that it produces a flow toward the bottom of the vessel. Propellers are more frequently used for liquid blending operations than for mass transfer pmposes (Treybal, 1980). 

The phylum Echinodermata comprises about 7000 living species [177]. Echinoderm means spiny-skinned and these organisms are characterised by the tube feet, which they use to move about. These have suction discs on the ends, which operate by an internal bulb pumping water in and out of the foot, causing expansion and contraction. The phylum is sub-divided into five classes the asteroids (sea stars), the holothurians (sea cucumbers), the crinoids (sea lilies), the echinoids (sea urchins) and the ophiuroids (brittle stars) [178]. As stated in the introduction to this review, sulfated sterols and saponins, which comprise the majority of echinoderm metabolites containing sulfur, are not included here. 

Two reflection operations o and o will belong to the same class provided there is a symmetry operation in the point group which moves all the points on the a symmetry plane into corresponding positions on the a symmetry plane. A similar rule holds true for two rotational operations CJ and Cj (or SJ and S ) about different rotational axes, i.e. the two operations belong to the same class provided there is a symmetry operation in the point group which moves all the points on the C (or ) axis to corresponding positions on the C (or S ) axis. 

In carrying out the procedure for a tetrahedral species, it is convenient to let four vectors on the central atom represent the hybrid orbitals we wish to construct (Fig. 3.26). Derivation of the reducible representation for these vectors involves performing on them, in turn, one symmetry operation from each class in the Td point group. As in the analysis of vibrational modes presented earlier, only those vectors that do not move will contribute to the representation. Thus we can determine the character for each symmetry operation we apply by simply counting the number of vectors that remain stationary. The result for AB4 is the reducible representation, I",. 

Atomic basis functions on B are straightforward to classify. Evidently, an s type function on B will be totally symmetric — an a orbital. A quick inspection of the D3h character table will show that a p set on B, which transforms like the three Cartesian directions, spans the reducible representation a 2 e. Functions centred on the F atoms require more effort. Since the operations in the classes containing C3 and S3 move all three F atoms, their character is necessarily zero for any functions centred on the F atoms. Consider first a set of s functions on each F. These span a reducible representation with character... 

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