Bayesian compressive sampling for pattern synthesis with maximally sparse non-uniform linear arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 467-481

  Oliveri, Giacomo ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Array synthesis; Bayesian compressive sampling (BCS); linear arrays; relevance vector machine; sparse arrays

Indexed keywords

ARRAY SYNTHESIS; BAYESIAN; LINEAR ARRAYS; RELEVANCE VECTOR MACHINE; SPARSE ARRAYS;

ARRAY PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DESIGN;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 79551640353     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2096400     Document Type: Article

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