Synthesis of metamaterial coatings for cylindrical structures by an ant-colony optimization algorithm

IST 2006 - Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Workshop on Imagining Systems and Techniques

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 143-147

  Bozza, G ^a   Pastorino, M ^a   Raffetto, M ^a   Randazzo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Metamaterials; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MATERIALS SCIENCE; OPTIMIZATION;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION (ACO); CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES; METAMATERIALS;

COATINGS;

EID: 33845598481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IST.2006.1650792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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