Investigations on the synthesis of uniform linear antenna array using biogeography-based optimisation techniques

International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-130

  Laseetha, T S Jeyali ^a   Sukanesh, R ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

BBO; Bio inspired computation; Biogeography based optimization; Evolutionary algorithm; Linear antenna array synthesis; Linear migration model; Modified BBO; Side lobe level reduction; Sinusoidal migration model

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ANTENNA LOBES; BIOMIMETICS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT COMPUTING;

BIO INSPIRED COMPUTATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY-BASED OPTIMIZATIONS; LINEAR ANTENNA ARRAYS; MIGRATION MODEL; MODIFIED-BBO; SIDELOBE LEVELS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 84861890156     PISSN: 17580366     EISSN: 17580374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIC.2012.047186     Document Type: Article

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