Pareto optimal design of absorbers using a parallel elitist nondominated sorting genetic algorithm and the finite element-boundary integral method

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2099-2107

  Cui, Suomin ^a   Mohan, Anuraag ^a   Weile, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic absorbers; Finite element boundary integral method; Genetic algorithms; Pareto optimization; Periodic structures

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC ABSORBERS; FINITE ELEMENT BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; PARETO OPTIMIZATION; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

EID: 22444441868     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.848477     Document Type: Article

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