Characterization of optimum polarization for multiple target discrimination using genetic algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 18101817-

  Sarabandi, Kamal ^a   Li, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Object detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747921847     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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