Dual beam synthesis using element position perturbations and the G3-GA algorithm

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 2008, Pages 43-61

  Vaitheeswaran, S M ^a  

^a SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA LOBES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ANTENNAS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; POPULATION DIVERSITY; POSITION PERTURBATION; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; SELECTION PRESSURES; SMALL PERTURBATIONS; STEADY-STATE GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUES; AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; ANGULAR POSITIONS; BEAM STEERING; CROSS OVERS; DESIGN CHALLENGES; DUAL BEAMS; LINEAR ANTENNAS; LINEAR ARRAYS; LINEAR PROBLEMS; OPTIMAL SETS; PARENT SELECTIONS; PERTURBATION METHODS; PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE SYNTHESES; POPULATION DIVERSITIES; POSITION PERTURBATIONS; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS; SELECTION PRESSURES; SIDE LOBES; SIDELOBE LEVELS; SMALL PERTURBATIONS; STEADY STATES; SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES;

EID: 58149123247     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER08091601     Document Type: Article

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