Articles | Volume 18, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-6951-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-6951-2025
Development and technical paper
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09 Oct 2025
Development and technical paper |  | 09 Oct 2025

A bound-constrained formulation for complex solution phase minimization

Nicolas Riel, Boris J. P. Kaus, Albert de Montserrat, Evangelos Moulas, Eleanor C. R. Green, and Hugo Dominguez

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Our research focuses on improving the way we predict mineral assemblage. Current methods, while accurate, are slowed by complex calculations. We developed a new approach that simplifies these calculations and speeds them up significantly using a technique called the Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (BFGS) algorithm. This breakthrough reduces computation time by more than five times, potentially unlocking new horizons in modeling reactive magmatic systems.
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