Stochastic optimization of linear sparse arrays

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-298

  Trucco, Andrea ^a   Murino, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA LOBES; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BEAM PATTERN ANALYSIS; BEAMFORMING SYSTEMS; LINEAR SPARSE ARRAYS;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032688009     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.775291     Document Type: Article

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