Calculation of localized molecular orbitals

Two techniques are presented for reducing the effort required to determine localized orbitals based on the energy or density criteria. The first, population weighted editing of the electronic repulsion integrals, reduces the effort required for each iteration of the localization procedure. The second, damping/extrapolation of the transformation matrix, reduces the number of iterations required to reach convergence. Numerical results are provided for methane and formaldehyde (for the editing method) and for carbon monoxide and boron fluoride (for the damping/extrapolation technique).