A clonal selection algorithm with varying order finite elements for the optimization of microwave devices

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1392-1397

  Paul, Prakash ^a   Guimarães, Frederico G ^b   Nair, D ^a   Lowther, David A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clonal selection algorithm (RCSA); Finite element methods (FEMs); Genetic algorithm; Microwave devices; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

CLONAL SELECTION ALGORITHM; COMPUTATIONAL SAVINGS;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 43049090525     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23387     Document Type: Article

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