Application of a particle swarm optimizer to the design of microwave broadband absorbers

WSEAS Transactions on Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 312-317

  Goudos, Sotirios K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Microwave absorber design; Multi layer coatings; Particle swarm optimization; Radar absorbing materials

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; MULTILAYERS; OPTIMIZATION;

MICROWAVE ABSORBER DESIGN; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; RADAR ABSORBING MATERIALS;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 34247382802     PISSN: 11092742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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