An integrated multiscaling strategy based on a particle swarm algorithm for inverse scattering problems

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 298-312

  Donelli, Massimo ^a,b   Franceschini, Gabriele ^a,b   Martini, Anna ^a,b   Massa, Andrea ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c International PhD School in Information and Communications Technologies   (Italy)

^d PIERS Technical Committee   (Italy)

^e European Microwave Association (EuMA)   (Italy)

^f Inter University   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inverse scattering; Microwave imaging; Multiscaling method; Particle swarm optimizer (PSO)

Indexed keywords

INVERSE SCATTERING; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MULTISCALING METHOD; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZER (PSO);

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MICROWAVES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 31344461351     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.861412     Document Type: Article

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