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Developing new high-entropy alloys with enhanced hardness using a hybrid machine learning approach: integrating interpretability and NSGA-II optimization

Debsundar Dey, Anik Pal, Pranjal Biyani, Pritam Mandal, Snehanshu Pal, Suchandan Das, Santanu Dey, Manojit Ghosh

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 60· Issue 10
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