Measurement of complex permittivity using artificial neural networks

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 200-203

  Hasan, Azhar ^a   Peterson, Andrew F ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex permittivity; Measurements; Monopole probe; Neural network; Reflection coefficient

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BACKPROPAGATION; BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS; GEOMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MEASUREMENTS; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; PROBES; REFLECTION;

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; COMPLEX REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; LEVENBERG MARQUARDT BACK PROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; MEASUREMENT OF COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; MODELING , NUMERICAL MODELS; MONOPOLE PROBE; NON-LINEAR INVERSE PROBLEM; REAL AND IMAGINARY;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 80051960151     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2011.5773614     Document Type: Conference Paper

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