Design of linear antenna arrays for side lobe reduction using the tabu search method

International Arab Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-222

  Merad, Lotfi ^a   Bendimerad, Fethi ^a   Meriah, Sidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Linear antenna arrays; Optimization; Radiation pattern; Side lobe level; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949155765     PISSN: 16833198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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