Conformal array based on pattern reconfigurable antenna and its artificial neural model

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-110

  He, Q Q ^a   Wang, Q ^b   Wang, B Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CONFORMAL ARRAYS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATED DATA;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 36949027131     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939308783122751     Document Type: Article

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