Linear array synthesis using an ant-colony-optimization-based algorithm

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-79

  Rajo lglesias, Eva ^a   Quevedo Teruel, Óscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Directive antennas; Evolutionary algorithms; Linear arrays; Nonuniformly spaced arrays; Shaped beam antennas

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; LINEAR ARRAYS; NONUNIFORMLY SPACED ARRAYS; SHAPED BEAM ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ARRAY PROCESSING; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; NUMBER THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; RADAR ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 34548650090     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2007.376644     Document Type: Article

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