Null steering of linear antenna arrays with use of modified touring ant colony optimization algorithm

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 375-383

  Karaboga, Nurhan ^a   Güney, Kerim ^a   Akdagli, Ali ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Antenna array; Nulling; Pattern synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA LOBES; CHEBYSHEV APPROXIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; NULL STEERING; PATTERN SYNTHESIS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0036639920     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmce.10034     Document Type: Article

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