Parameter determination for quantitative PIXE analysis using genetic algorithms

Juan Aspiazu; E. Belmont-Moreno

doi:10.1117/12.259781

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26 November 1996 Parameter determination for quantitative PIXE analysis using genetic algorithms

Juan Aspiazu; E. Belmont-Moreno

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Proceedings Volume 2835, Advanced Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Remediation; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259781
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

Using a genetic algorithm, we give here an account of the procedure to obtain the best vales for the parameters necessary to fit the efficiency for a X-ray detector. The values for some variables involved in quantitative PIXE analysis, were manipulated in a similar way as the genetic information is treated in a biological process. We carried out the algorithm until we reproduce, within the confidence interval, the elemental concentrations corresponding to a reference material.

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Juan Aspiazu and E. Belmont-Moreno "Parameter determination for quantitative PIXE analysis using genetic algorithms", Proc. SPIE 2835, Advanced Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Remediation, (26 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259781

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