An efficient neural network algorithm for reflector surface error compensation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-142

  Smith, William T ^a   Bastian, Richard James ^a   Cheah, Shu Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ERROR COMPENSATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SURFACES;

CONSTRAINED LEAST SQUARES COMPENSATION METHOD; REFLECTOR SURFACE ERROR COMPENSATION;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

EID: 0030085070     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.481639     Document Type: Article

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