@book{44455eea54e04902b0e6dbb832793831,
title = "Optimization of Nuclear Reactor Reloading Patterns",
abstract = "The loading pattern of fuel bundles in a reactor core determines the characteristics of the reloading cycle. The problem of maximizing fuel utilization during a cycle may be formulated as a nonlinear mixed integer programming (NLMIP) problem, and has until now mostly been treated by heuristic optimization methods like simulated annealing. This paper evalutes the performance of state-of-the-art nonlinear programming routines on this problem, and compare results with available heuristic solutions.",
keywords = "loading patterns, nonlinear mixed integer programming, reactor cores, fuel bundles",
author = "{de Klerk}, E. and T. Illes and {de Jong}, A.J. and C. Roos and T. Terlaky and J. Valko and J.E. Hoogenboom",
year = "1994",
month = sep,
day = "5",
language = "English",
volume = "94",
series = "Reports of the Faculty of Technical Mathematics and Informatics",
publisher = "Delft University of Technology",
address = "Netherlands",
}