Ant colony optimization in thinned array synthesis with minimum sidelobe level

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 349-352

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization (aco); Array synthesis; Thinned array

Indexed keywords

ANT-COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ARRAY SYNTHESIS; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; GLOBAL SEARCH; LARGE ARRAYS; LOCAL MINIMUMS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PLANAR ARRAYS; SIDELOBE LEVELS; SPECIFIC DESIGN; THINNED ARRAY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 58049091563     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.880693     Document Type: Article

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